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A shoe vendor reduced the marked price of a shoe by 50% and was still making a profit of 10% from the original cost. If x is the original cost, what is the marked price in terms of x?

(A) 1.1x
(B) 2.2x
(C) 3.3x
(D) 4.4x
(E) 5.5x



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Re: A shoe vendor reduced the marked price of a shoe by 50% and was still [#permalink] New post   24 Jun 2022, 01:46
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Tricky if you do not read the stem carefully

the price is off 50% and still we do have a profit of 10% of the original price

m0.5=1.1x

m is 2.2x
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