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Ice cream

by mgmt_gmat » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:37 am
If Antonio bought two half-gallon cartons of ice cream during a special sale, what percent
of the total regular price of the two cartons did he save?
(1) Antonio paid the regular price for the first carton and received the second carton
for half the regular price.
(2) The regular price of the ice cream Antonio bought was $4.00 per half-gallon
carton.
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by ajith » Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:01 am
mgmt_gmat wrote:If Antonio bought two half-gallon cartons of ice cream during a special sale, what percent
of the total regular price of the two cartons did he save?
(1) Antonio paid the regular price for the first carton and received the second carton
for half the regular price.
(2) The regular price of the ice cream Antonio bought was $4.00 per half-gallon
carton.
Let X be the regular price of 1 half gallon carton

1.) X+ 0.5X = 1.5 X

The normal price = 2X

% saved 2X-1.5X/2X *100 = 25%

Sufficient

2. Insufficient
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