Recall the Application About the Government of Mexico City Repainting

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about the government of Mexico City repainting highway lane lines to transform a 4-lane highway into a 6-lane highway to answer the following question(s) .
-When the government converted the highway from 4 lanes into 6 lanes, they claimed the capacity had increased by 50 percent. When the government switched the highway back from 6 lanes to 4 lanes, they claimed the capacity had been decreased by 33 percent. Had the government used the midpoint method, the percentage increase would have been ________ percent and the percentage decrease would have been ________ percent.

A) 33; 50
B) 33; 33
C) 40; 40
D) 50; 50