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QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   07 Oct 2016, 12:42
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At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 cents each. During a recent sale, the price was reduced to 3 apples for a dollar. How much money would be saved by purchasing 30 apples at the sale price?

A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3


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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   07 Oct 2016, 12:46
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30 apples at 40 cents apiece cost $12. Buying 30 apples at 3 per dollar would cost $10. Therefore, the sale price is $2 less than the normal price.
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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   18 May 2018, 10:04
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At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 cents each. During a recent sale, the price was reduced to 3 apples for a dollar. How much money would be saved by purchasing 30 apples at the sale price?

A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3


At regular price, 30 apples cost 30 x 0.40 = 12 dollars.

At the sale price, 30 apples cost 30 x 1/3 = 10 dollars.

So at the sale price, a total of 2 dollars is saved.

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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   10 Aug 2019, 18:33
sandy wrote:
At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 cents each. During a recent sale, the price was reduced to 3 apples for a dollar. How much money would be saved by purchasing 30 apples at the sale price?

A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3


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I figured the savings of the 3rd one by realizing that you save $0.20 when you buy 3 at the sale price and multiplying the $0.20 by 10 to equate to the 30 apples for a total savings of $2. Will that strategy always work or did the numbers just work out well in this case?
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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   10 Aug 2019, 23:32
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Solving a GRE problem is always a case by case scenario.

it depends .

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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   16 Aug 2019, 12:08
Carcass wrote:
Solving a GRE problem is always a case by case scenario.

it depends .

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Great point. Thank you.
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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2019, 08:41
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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2019, 09:01
sandy wrote:
At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 cents each. During a recent sale, the price was reduced to 3 apples for a dollar. How much money would be saved by purchasing 30 apples at the sale price?

A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3


REGULAR PRICE
At $0.40 apiece, the cost of 30 apples = (30)($0.40) = $12.00

REDUCED PRICE
At $1.00 per THREE apples, each apple costs $1.00/3
So, the cost of 30 apples = (30)($1.00/3) = $10.00

$12.00 - $10.00 = $2.00

Answer: C

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