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by harsh.champ » Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:47 am
If a grocery shopper received $0.25 off the original price of a certain product by using a coupon, what was the original price of the product?

(1) The shopper received a 20 percent discount by using the coupon.
(2) The original price was 25 percent higher than the price the shopper paid by using the coupon.
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by ajith » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:51 am
harsh.champ wrote:If a grocery shopper received $0.25 off the original price of a certain product by using a coupon, what was the original price of the product?

(1) The shopper received a 20 percent discount by using the coupon.
(2) The original price was 25 percent higher than the price the shopper paid by using the coupon.
1) is Sufficient x-0.25 = 0.8x - we can solve fox x


2) x - x/1.25 = 0.25 ; is also sufficient

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by komal » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:44 pm
harsh.champ wrote:If a grocery shopper received $0.25 off the original price of a certain product by using a coupon, what was the original price of the product?

(1) The shopper received a 20 percent discount by using the coupon.
(2) The original price was 25 percent higher than the price the shopper paid by using the coupon.

(1) o.25 = 0.2x, x is original price - Sufficient
(2) x = 1.25(x-0.25) - Sufficient

(D) is correct
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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:55 pm
harsh.champ wrote:If a grocery shopper received $0.25 off the original price of a certain product by using a coupon, what was the original price of the product?
(1) The shopper received a 20 percent discount by using the coupon.
(2) The original price was 25 percent higher than the price the shopper paid by using the coupon.
1) x-0.25 = (1-0.2)x --> 0.2x = 0.25 --> x=1.25 ==============sufficient
2) x - x/1.25 = 0.25 --> (1.25-1)x/1.25 = 0.25 --> x=1.25 =============sufficient
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