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A retailer sold toys at a regular selling price of 25% [#permalink] New post   27 May 2018, 03:48
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A retailer sold toys at a regular selling price of 25% greater than the retailer’s cost to buy the toys. If the retailer reduces the regular selling price by 80%, what is then the loss on each toy sold as a percent of the retailer’s cost?

(A) 25%
(B) 30%
(C) 40%
(D) 75%
(E) 80%
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Re: A retailer sold toys at a regular selling price of 25% [#permalink] New post   27 May 2018, 12:53
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For problems that ask for percents and use no real numbers, it is almost always possible to use 100 as a starting number.

Suppose the retailer buys each toy for $100, and thus sells it for a regular price of $125.

A reduction of this regular selling price by 80% drops the price to $25. The loss on each toy sold as a percent of the retailer’s cost is:

\(\frac{100-25}{100 \times 100}=75%\)

Hence option D is correct!
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