GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: At the end of year 1998, Shepard bought

When some value is increased and decreased by the same percentage, the result is always less than the original. For e.g., profit increased 10% in the first year and decreased 10% in the 2nd year would result in 100 -> 110 -> 99.

So, the increase percentage must be higher than the decrease percentage for the result to be the same. Hence, p > q.

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