Hi I'm stuck with this problem, could you help me?
On January 1st, the selling price of a car was $A. The price initially increased by X% on February 1st, and then decreased by X% on March 1st, which resulted in an overall decrease in the price of the car by $1,400. What would have been the overall decrease in price had the increase on February 1st and decrease on March 1st been by 2X%??
A. $1,400
B. $2,800
C. $4,200
D. $5,600
E. $11,200
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First, let x equal to 25, and then solve for A
A(1.25)(.75)=1400, so A equals to 1493.
Then we have:
1493(1.5)(.5)=z
z=1120
A(1.25)(.75)=1400, so A equals to 1493.
Then we have:
1493(1.5)(.5)=z
z=1120
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Test an EASY CASE.Vincelauret wrote:Hi I'm stuck with this problem, could you help me?
On January 1st, the selling price of a car was $A. The price initially increased by X% on February 1st, and then decreased by X% on March 1st, which resulted in an overall decrease in the price of the car by $1,400. What would have been the overall decrease in price had the increase on February 1st and decrease on March 1st been by 2X%??
A. $1,400
B. $2,800
C. $4,200
D. $5,600
E. $11,200
Let A = $100 and x%=10%.
Resulting decrease for x% = 10%:
Price on February 1st = 100 + 10% of 100 = 110.
Price on March 1st = 110 - 10% of 110 = 99.
Decrease = 100-99 = 1.
Resulting decrease for 2x% = 20%:
Price on February 1st = 100 + 20% of 100 = 120.
Price on March 1st = 120 - 20% of 120 = 96.
Decrease = 100-96 = 4.
Note the RATIO of the resulting decreases.
When x% doubles to 2x%, the resulting decrease is FOUR TIMES AS GREAT.
In the posted problem, since x% yields a decrease of $1400, the resulting decrease yielded by 2x% = 4*1400 = 5600.
The correct answer is D.
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Careful!talaangoshtari wrote:First, let x equal to 25, and then solve for A
A(1.25)(.75)=1400, so A equals to 1493.
The expression in red represents the RESULTING PRICE of the car on March 1st.
But $1400 is the DECREASE in the price of the car.
Thus, the equation above is not valid.
Correct equation:
Let A = the original price of the car and X = 25%.
Since the price on February 1st increases by 1/4, the price on February 1st = (5/4)A.
Since the price on March 1st decreases by 1/4, the price on March 1st = (3/4)(5/4)A = (15/16)A.
Resulting decrease = A - (15/16)A = (1/16)A.
Since the resulting decrease = 1400, we get:
(1/16)A = 1400
A = 22,400.
Resulting decrease for 2x% = 50%:
Price on February 1st = 22,400 + 50% of 22,400 = 33,600.
Price on March 1st = 33,600 - 50% of 33,600 = 16,800.
Resulting decrease = 22,400 - 16,800 = 5600.
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