{"id":4295,"date":"2014-01-28T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/?p=4295"},"modified":"2014-10-08T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T20:42:29","slug":"gmat-tuesdays-with-kevin-percent-change-trap-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/gmat\/gmat-tuesdays-with-kevin-percent-change-trap-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Tuesdays with Kevin: Percent Change Trap, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE: We replaced the old GMAT Tuesday in this post with a new video because one of our readers spotted an error and brought it up to us&#8211;thank you, Alex!<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L4_rL0_XCP0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week is a continuation of last week&#8217;s GMAT Tuesday video! 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