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Total cost problem

by sparkle6 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:03 pm
Rates for having a manuscript typed at a certain typing service are $5 per page for the first time a page is typed and $3 per page each time a page is revised. If a certain manuscript has 100 pages, of which 40 were revised only once, 10 were revised twice, and the rest required no revisions, what was the total cost of having the manuscript typed?

a) $430
b) $620
c) $650
d) $680
e) $770


[spoiler]OA: D, but I got C. What am I doing wrong?

100 pages @ $5 per page = $500
40 pages @ $3 per page = $120
10 pages @ $3 per apge = $30

Total = $650[/spoiler]
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:29 pm
sparkle6 wrote:Rates for having a manuscript typed at a certain typing service are $5 per page for the first time a page is typed and $3 per page each time a page is revised. If a certain manuscript has 100 pages, of which 40 were revised only once, 10 were revised twice, and the rest required no revisions, what was the total cost of having the manuscript typed?

a) $430
b) $620
c) $650
d) $680
e) $770
Typing cost for 100 pages = 5*100 = 500.
Revision cost for the 40 pages that were revised once = 3*40 = 120.
Revision cost for the 10 pages that were revised twice = cost for first revision + cost for second revision = 3*10 + 3*10 = 60.
Total cost = 500+120+60 = 680.

The correct answer is D.
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