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by vishugogo » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:57 am
A computer store offers employees a 20% discount off the retail price. If the store purchased a computer from the manufacturer for $1000 dollars and marked up the price 20% to the final retail price, how much would an employee save if he purchased the computer at the employee discount (20% off retail price) as opposed to the final retail price.

A) $1,000
B) $960
C) $240
D) $200
E) $150

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by anuprajan5 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:21 am
The answer is C

Cost price to the store - 1000
Final retail price after 20% markup - 1200

Employee discount on the retail price is 20%. Therefore 0.8*1200 = 960.

[spoiler]Difference in employee price and final retail = 240[/spoiler]

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:30 am
vishugogo wrote:A computer store offers employees a 20% discount off the retail price. If the store purchased a computer from the manufacturer for $1000 dollars and marked up the price 20% to the final retail price, how much would an employee save if he purchased the computer at the employee discount (20% off retail price) as opposed to the final retail price.

A) $1,000
B) $960
C) $240
D) $200
E) $150

kindly help....
Original price: $1000
20% mark up = (0.2)(1000) = $200
Retail price = $1200

20% employee discount = (0.2)(1200) = [spoiler]$240 = C[/spoiler]

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