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A restaurant meal cost $35.50 and there was no tax. If the [#permalink] ### Show Tags 17 Dec 2012, 07:30 3 This post was BOOKMARKED 00:00 Difficulty: 5% (low) Question Stats: 83% (02:25) correct 17% (01:24) wrong based on 582 sessions ### HideShow timer Statistics A restaurant meal cost$35.50 and there was no tax. If the tip was more than 10 percent but less than 15 percent of the cost of the meal, then the total amount paid must have been between

(A) $40 and$42
(B) $39 and$41
(C) $38 and$40
(D) $37 and$39
(E) $36 and$37
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Re: A restaurant meal cost $35.50 and there was no tax. If the [#permalink] ### Show Tags 17 Dec 2012, 07:34 Walkabout wrote: A restaurant meal cost$35.50 and there was no tax. If the tip was more than 10 percent but less than 15 percent of the cost of the meal, then the total amount paid must have been between

(A) $40 and$42
(B) $39 and$41
(C) $38 and$40
(D) $37 and$39
(E) $36 and$37

The total amount for the meal was between 35.5*1.1=39.05 and 35.5*1.15=~41. Only option which covers all possible values of the meal is B.

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09 May 2013, 01:01
tracy0317 wrote:
just came across this question in OG13 and I thought answer should be A

Let Total paid be T
so 39.05<T<40.83. So it fits "inside" A, 40<T<42 so to speak.
B states that 39<T<41, which works for the right hand side of T but not for the left. (E.g. if T is 39.01, then tip is only 9.89% of 35.50 - less than 10% requirement in the question)

The total amount paid was between 35.5*1.1=39.05 and 35.5*1.15=~41. Only option which covers all possible values of the meal is B.
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23 Mar 2014, 00:51
tracy0317 wrote:
just came across this question in OG13 and I thought answer should be A

Let Total paid be T
so 39.05<T<40.83. So it fits "inside" A, 40<T<42 so to speak.
B states that 39<T<41, which works for the right hand side of T but not for the left. (E.g. if T is 39.01, then tip is only 9.89% of 35.50 - less than 10% requirement in the question)

How does 39.06 fit into --- 40<39.06<42????. So option B makes sense.
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A restaurant meal cost $35.50 and there was no tax. [#permalink] ### Show Tags 16 Jul 2014, 15:18 A restaurant meal cost$35.50 and there was no tax. If the tip was more than 10 percent but less than 15 percent of the cost of the meal, then total amount paid must have been betweem:

A. $40 and$42
B. $39 and$41
C. $38 and 40 D.$37 and $39 E.$36 and $37 I'll post the question in the next post. Thanks! Senior Manager Joined: 15 Aug 2013 Posts: 328 Followers: 0 Kudos [?]: 53 [0], given: 23 A restaurant meal cost$35.50 and there was no tax. [#permalink]

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16 Jul 2014, 15:20
Hi,

I'm stuck on something rather trivial on this relatively easy question.

After calculating 10%, I get 39.05and 40.82. I didn't pick B because I noticed that 39 is less than $39.05, so a number like 39.02 would've made this wrong. Can someone explain why i'm wrong? Thanks! Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 36598 Followers: 7095 Kudos [?]: 93455 [0], given: 10563 Re: A restaurant meal cost$35.50 and there was no tax. If the [#permalink]

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16 Jul 2014, 15:25
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A restaurant meal cost $35.50 and there was no tax. If the tip was more than 10 percent but less than 15 percent of the cost of the meal, then total amount paid must have been betweem: A.$40 and $42 B.$39 and $41 C.$38 and 40
D. $37 and$39
E. $36 and$37

I'll post the question in the next post. Thanks!

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