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by clawhammer » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:06 am
Please explain the answer.

I calculated 95% of 630 and divided it with 25. Seemed pretty straight forward, and got 23.94 as answer. But OA is different. :(
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by beat_gmat_09 » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:13 am
clawhammer wrote:Please explain the answer.

I calculated 95% of 630 and divided it with 25. Seemed pretty straight forward, and got 23.94 as answer. But OA is different. :(
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1.05x = 630
x = (630/105) * 100

x/25 = (630/105) *100 (1/25) = 24
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by clawhammer » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:25 am
This is one concept error I have made before. Can anyone explain, why calculating 95% of 630 did not work?

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by clawhammer » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:31 am
thanks a lot. i figured it out, somedays im just really really dumb.