90% decrease does not mean 90% of the current value; that would only be a 10% decrease. So y = .1x. This would mean that the new price would have to increase by 1000%, or 10 times its new value, in order to reach its old value.Originally Posted by Goldenboko
I... uh... don't see the simplicity in that math...What does an English major know about economics?
Anyway, it certainly will inflate because everything inflates eventually. But it shouldn't get close to where it was before, at least not for a long time. It would take a 1000% increase to offset a 90% decrease. Simple math!
Original Price: x
90% decrease of original price: y = .9x
1000% increase to 90% decrease: z = 10y
z=x (?)
z = 10y = 10(.9)x = 9x
9x =/= x
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