A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the following which is NOT the new price?
A.$1.10
B.$8.80
C.$11.00
D.$57.30
E.$78.10
OA: D
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When an item of price 'X' is raised by 10%, the new cost is '1.1X'
You are given 1.1X here, so the problem is essentially a divisibility test of 11.
All numbers except for D are divisible by 11 and hence could represent a 10% increase in price.
P.S Divisibility test of 11, difference of (sum of alternate terms should be multiple of 11 (or) 0
You are given 1.1X here, so the problem is essentially a divisibility test of 11.
All numbers except for D are divisible by 11 and hence could represent a 10% increase in price.
P.S Divisibility test of 11, difference of (sum of alternate terms should be multiple of 11 (or) 0
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Another test for divisibility by 11: when a 3-digit integer is a multiple of 11, the middle digit is the sum of the two outer digits.shankar.ashwin wrote:When an item of price 'X' is raised by 10%, the new cost is '1.1X'
You are given 1.1X here, so the problem is essentially a divisibility test of 11.
All numbers except for D are divisible by 11 and hence could represent a 10% increase in price.
P.S Divisibility test of 11, difference of (sum of alternate terms should be multiple of 11 (or) 0
For example, 781 (answer choice E) is a multiple of 11 because the middle digit (8) is the sum of the two outer digits (7+1=8).
Only answer choice D doesn't pass this test: in 573, the middle digit (7) is not the sum of the two outer digits (5+3=8).
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What if the original price is (10/11)* 57.3?shikh wrote:A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the following which is NOT the new price?
A.$1.10
B.$8.80
C.$11.00
D.$57.30
E.$78.10
OA: D
Then the new price can be 57.3.
It is better to mention that the original price is an integer.
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IMO this question is not well formed. It should have mentioned initial amount was an integer.shikh wrote:A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the following which is NOT the new price?
A.$1.10
B.$8.80
C.$11.00
D.$57.30
E.$78.10
OA: D
Then only D is possible.
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