True or false?
-If somebody tells you that their exam score was 70%, up 80% from the last exam, you would
conclude that they must be lying or bad at math, because that is impossible.

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An increase of 80% from the last exam does not mean the score reached 150%. If their previous score was 40%, an 80% increase of that score (which is 32%) would result in a new score of 72%, making a claim of a 70% score plausible.

True or False? -If Somebody Tells You That Their Exam Score Was 70