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14% of a company’s inventory shipped. If the company held on
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10 Oct 2017, 20:28
10 Oct 2017, 20:28
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14% of a company’s inventory shipped. If the company held on to 170,280 items then approximately how many items did they ship?
(A) 21,000
(B) 22,500
(C) 28,000
(D) 30,000
(E) 32,500
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(A) 21,000
(B) 22,500
(C) 28,000
(D) 30,000
(E) 32,500
Kudos for correct solution.
Re: 14% of a company’s inventory shipped. If the company held on
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10 Oct 2017, 20:48
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Bunuel wrote:
14% of a company’s inventory shipped. If the company held on to 170,280 items then approximately how many items did they ship?
(A) 21,000
(B) 22,500
(C) 28,000
(D) 30,000
(E) 32,500
Kudos for correct solution.
(A) 21,000
(B) 22,500
(C) 28,000
(D) 30,000
(E) 32,500
Kudos for correct solution.
From the statement we know 14% is shipped and 86% is left which equal to 170280
if x= total no. of items
then 0.86x = 170280
or x= 198000
Now 14% * x = 0.14 * 198000 = 27720 nearly equals to 28000. That is option C
Re: 14% of a company’s inventory shipped. If the company held on
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08 Nov 2017, 05:57
08 Nov 2017, 05:57
pranab01 wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
14% of a company’s inventory shipped. If the company held on to 170,280 items then approximately how many items did they ship?
(A) 21,000
(B) 22,500
(C) 28,000
(D) 30,000
(E) 32,500
Kudos for correct solution.
(A) 21,000
(B) 22,500
(C) 28,000
(D) 30,000
(E) 32,500
Kudos for correct solution.
From the statement we know 14% is shipped and 86% is left which equal to 170280
if x= total no. of items
then 0.86x = 170280
or x= 198000
Now 14% * x = 0.14 * 198000 = 27720 nearly equals to 28000. That is option C
WHY answer is D?
