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Last year a certain bond with a face value of $5,000 yielded 8 percent of its face value in interest. If that interest was approximately 6.5 percent of the bond's selling price, approximately what was the bond's selling price?

A. $4,063
B. $5,325
C. $5,351
D. $6,000
E. $6,154

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Re: Last year a certain bond with a face value of $5,000 yielded 8 percent of its face value in interest...

by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:13 pm
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Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:50 am
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Last year a certain bond with a face value of $5,000 yielded 8 percent of its face value in interest. If that interest was approximately 6.5 percent of the bond's selling price, approximately what was the bond's selling price?

A. $4,063
B. $5,325
C. $5,351
D. $6,000
E. $6,154

OA E
Last year a certain bond with a face value of $5,000 yielded 8 percent of its face value in interest
8% of $5,000 = $400
So, interest = $400

If that interest was approximately 6.5 percent of the bond's selling price,approximately what was the bond's selling price?
Let x = the bond's selling price
So, $400 = 6.5% of x
In other words: $400 = 0.065x
Solve: x = 400/0.065 ≈ 6154

Answer: E

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Re: Last year a certain bond with a face value of $5,000 yielded 8 percent of its face value in interest...

by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Tue Nov 17, 2020 8:33 am
AAPL wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:50 am
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Last year a certain bond with a face value of $5,000 yielded 8 percent of its face value in interest. If that interest was approximately 6.5 percent of the bond's selling price, approximately what was the bond's selling price?

A. $4,063
B. $5,325
C. $5,351
D. $6,000
E. $6,154

OA E
Solution:

Eight percent of $5,000 is 5000 x 0.08 = $400, and $400 is 6.5 percent of 400/0.065 = $6,513.84, or approximately $6,514.

Answer: E

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