1965 AHSME Problems/Problem 32

Problem

An article costing $C$ dollars is sold for $100 at a loss of $x$ percent of the selling price. It is then resold at a profit of $x$ percent of the new selling price $S'$ . If the difference between $S'$ and $C$ is $1\frac {1}{9}$ dollars, then $x$ is:

$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{undetermined} \qquad \textbf{(B) }\ \frac {80}{9} \qquad \textbf{(C) }\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(D) }\ \frac{95}{9}\qquad \textbf{(E) }\ \frac{100}{9}$

Solution

$\fbox{C}$

1965 AHSC (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
Preceded by Problem 31	Followed by Problem 33
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40
All AHSME Problems and Solutions

The problems on this page are copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions.

Page

Toolbox

Search

1965 AHSME Problems/Problem 32

Problem

Solution

See Also