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Income Problem

by arpitad » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:32 pm
Next year Henry will have no income, but for each dollar that he saves this year, he will
have 1 + r dollars available to spend. In terms of r, what fraction of his income should
Henry save this year so that next year the amount he was available to spend will be equal
to half the amount that he spends this year?

A. 1/r+2
B. 1/2r + 2
C. 1/3r + 2
D. 1/r +3
E. 1/2r + 3
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by neelgandham » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:25 pm
Hi Arpita,

This question is already solved here -> https://www.beatthegmat.com/quant-help-t13626.html. Let me know if you need any further help with this.
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by arpitad » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:51 pm
Thanks for the heads up. Didn't see it!

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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:54 pm
Plugging in values makes this problem a lot easier. I posted a solution here:

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