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In the first week of February, a bookseller sold x copies of a new arr
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04 Oct 2021, 08:54
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In the first week of February, a bookseller sold x copies of a new arrival for the retail price $y per copy. The following week, she sold 50% fewer copies, each at a discounted rate of 20% off the retail price. In terms of x and y, what was her total revenue from both weeks of selling the new arrival?
(A) 0.1xy
(B) 0.4xy
(C) 0.6xy
(D) 1.1xy
(E) 1.4xy
(A) 0.1xy
(B) 0.4xy
(C) 0.6xy
(D) 1.1xy
(E) 1.4xy
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04 Oct 2021, 10:04
04 Oct 2021, 10:04
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Carcass wrote:
In the first week of February, a bookseller sold x copies of a new arrival for the retail price $y per copy. The following week, she sold 50% fewer copies, each at a discounted rate of 20% off the retail price. In terms of x and y, what was her total revenue from both weeks of selling the new arrival?
(A) 0.1xy
(B) 0.4xy
(C) 0.6xy
(D) 1.1xy
(E) 1.4xy
(A) 0.1xy
(B) 0.4xy
(C) 0.6xy
(D) 1.1xy
(E) 1.4xy
First week, x copies at $y, total = $xy
Next week, 50% of x at 80% of the y = 0.5x * 0.8y = 0.4xy.
Total = $xy + $0.4xy = 1.4xy.
Answer is E)
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