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by grandh01 » Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:37 pm
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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Source: — Data Sufficiency |

by rijul007 » Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:29 pm
grandh01 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.
Lets say Original price = x
Discounted price = 1-0.25

Statement 1
0.25 = (20/100)*x
x = 1.25

Sufficient

Statement 2
0.25/(x-0.25) = (25/100)
1 = x - 0.25
x = 1.25

Sufficient

Option D
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