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by karthikpandian19 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:16 am
A family made a down payment of $75
and borrowed the balance on a set of
encyclopedias that cost $400. The
balance with interest was paid in 23
monthly payments of $16 each and a
final payment of $9. The amount of
interest paid was what percent of the
amount borrowed?
(A) 6%
(B) 12%
(C) 14%
(D) 16%
(E) 20%
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by Anurag@Gurome » Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:34 am
karthikpandian19 wrote:A family made a down payment of $75 and borrowed the balance on a set of
encyclopedias that cost $400. The balance with interest was paid in 23 monthly payments of $16 each and a final payment of $9. The amount of interest paid was what percent of the amount borrowed?
(A) 6%
(B) 12%
(C) 14%
(D) 16%
(E) 20%
Total amount borrowed = $400 - $75 = $325
Balance paid with interest = (23 * 16) + 9 = $377
Therefore, total interest paid = $377 - $325 = $52

Hence, required percentage = (52/325) * 100 = [spoiler]16%[/spoiler]

The correct answer is D.
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by ankush123251 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:45 am
Perfect...
Answer is 16 % which u can calculate as above.
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:00 pm
OA is D
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