LamboWalker wrote:
Last year the price of a blouse in February was 15 percent less than the original price of $60 and the price of the blouse in March was 6 percent greater than its price in February. What percent greater, or less, than the original price was the price of the blouse in March?
(A) 0.9% greater
(B) 8.1% greater
(C) 9.0% greater
(D) 9.0% less
(E) 9.9% less
(A) 0.9% greater
(B) 8.1% greater
(C) 9.0% greater
(D) 9.0% less
(E) 9.9% less
Original price \(= 60\)
In Feb the price was \(\frac{85}{100}*60= 51\)
In Mar price \(= 1.06 *51 =54.06\)
That's a decrease of \(60-54.06=5.94\) from original price
Hence \(\%\) decrease = \(\frac{5.94}{60}*100= 9.9 \% \)
Ans E
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