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I could figure this one out in about two seconds if I had a calculator, but I hear that's not allowed on the GMAT, so I need to know how to get this answer quick by hand. Thanks!

A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the following which is NOT the new price?

A. $1.10 B.$8.80
C. $11.00 D.$57.30
E. $78.10 [Reveal] Spoiler: OA SVP Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 1673 Location: United States (IN) Concentration: Strategy, Technology Followers: 34 Kudos [?]: 481 [3] , given: 36 Re: Price Percentage Increase, Find Original Price. [#permalink] ### Show Tags 11 Mar 2012, 00:17 3 This post received KUDOS The new price should be divisible by 11 , because new price = 1.1 * old price. Answer is D, because it's not divisible by 11. _________________ Formula of Life -> Achievement/Potential = k * Happiness (where k is a constant) GMAT Club Premium Membership - big benefits and savings Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 34833 Followers: 6482 Kudos [?]: 82630 [2] , given: 10108 Re: A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular [#permalink] ### Show Tags 11 Mar 2012, 00:39 2 This post received KUDOS Expert's post 1 This post was BOOKMARKED Stoneface wrote: I could figure this one out in about two seconds if I had a calculator, but I hear that's not allowed on the GMAT, so I need to know how to get this answer quick by hand. Thanks! A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the following which is NOT the new price? A.$1.10
B. $8.80 C.$11.00
D. $57.30 E.$78.10

Old Price * 1.1 = New Price -> Old Price * 11 = New Price *10 --> the new price in cents must be a multiple of 11 (assuming that the new price in cents is an integer);

To check which price is a multiple of 11 and which is not you should use divisibility rule for 11: if you sum every second digit of a number and then subtract the sum of all other digits and the answer is divisible by 11, then the number is divisible by 11. Only answer choice D, 5730 cents, is not divisible by 11: (7+0)-(5+3)=-1, which is not divisible by 11

Check for more divisibility rules here: math-number-theory-88376.html

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stonecold wrote:
Completely DISAGREE
For non integers every answer works..

Is it so ? I never bothered to check that please provide us with your explanation..

Lets check again.

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Every answer is valid Except D (as you put it) ..
D will be valid if => x= 573/11
Hence D will be valid too

Remember No one told us that x needs be an integer ..

Let price be x { we do not know whether it is even / odd/ integer / whole number}

The store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%, so the new price must be x *110 /100 =>1.1x

So, The new number must be 1.1 times the original price.

Now, check option (D)

1.1x = 57.30
So, x = 57.30/1.1 ~ 52.09 (Approximately)

But the Same is not with option (E)

1.1x = 78.10
x = 71

So IMHO (D) does not fall into the group....

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Hi stonecold,

Abhishek is right. Option D is correct.

When 573 is divided by 11 we get a remainder 1.
1/11 is non terminating and the question states that the increase is exactly 10%.

Since the value is non terminating, original price cannot be accurately determined. The original value can be 52.0909090909.........................
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Hi stonecold,

This question is still 'restricted' to the reality of 'dollars and cents.' While Answer D could be divided by 1.1, you would end up with a repeating decimal in the original price of that item. Regardless of how hard you look, you will never find a store that charges you a price that includes a repeating decimal.

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B. $8.80 C.$11.00
D. $57.30 E.$78.10

10% increase = 1.1x where x is the original amount.
1.1 = 11/10. So the answer must be a multiple of 11.
Only answer choice that is not a multiple of 11 is D.

Hence D

Hope it helps!
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I could figure this one out in about two seconds if I had a calculator, but I hear that's not allowed on the GMAT, so I need to know how to get this answer quick by hand. Thanks!

A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the following which is NOT the new price?

A. $1.10 B.$8.80
C. $11.00 D.$57.30
E. $78.10 10% increase = 1.1x where x is the original amount. 1.1 = 11/10. So the answer must be a multiple of 11. Only answer choice that is not a multiple of 11 is D. Hence D Hope it helps! Cheers J A 1 * 1.1 = 1.10$
B 8 * 1.1 = 8.80 $C 10* 1.1 = 11$
D - strange Number
E 71 * 1.1 = 78.1 $since D is the only answer, where I couldn't calculate the percents right away, I chose D. BUT if the store owner had strange prices like 52.09$ the new price would be 57.30 $. Is this a real GMAT question? Because it says nowhere that the original price has to be integer. greetings Current Student Joined: 06 Sep 2013 Posts: 2035 Concentration: Finance GMAT 1: 770 Q0 V Followers: 55 Kudos [?]: 538 [0], given: 355 Re: A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular [#permalink] ### Show Tags 18 Dec 2013, 05:11 No, it doesn't and thats why the question is somewhat flawed Cheers J Posted from my mobile device GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 11677 Followers: 527 Kudos [?]: 143 [0], given: 0 Re: A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Jan 2015, 14:12 Hello from the GMAT Club BumpBot! Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos). Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email. _________________ EMPOWERgmat Instructor Status: GMAT Assassin/Co-Founder Affiliations: EMPOWERgmat Joined: 19 Dec 2014 Posts: 7470 Location: United States (CA) GMAT 1: 800 Q51 V49 GRE 1: 340 Q170 V170 Followers: 330 Kudos [?]: 2208 [0], given: 162 Re: A store owner decided to raise the price of a particular [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Jan 2015, 14:39 Expert's post 1 This post was BOOKMARKED Hi All, This question has a great "pattern-matching" shortcut built into it, but you'll have to pay attention to the answer choices to see it. We're told that a store owner raises the price of an item by 10%. We're asked which of the 5 answers could NOT possibly be the new price. In this scenario, it's real easy to come up with a simple example of what the store owner did. IF.... price =$1, then new price = $1.10 You'll notice that answer is Answer A. Answer B is just 8 times$1.10, which makes sense because 10% of 8 is 0.80...

IF...
price = $8, then new price =$8.80

So the shortcut is just to find the answers that are multiples of $1.10 Answer C is another quick "find" - it's 10 times$1.10

Between D and E, you have to do a little work, but if you "break down" E, you get....

78.10 = 77.00 + 1.10

77.00 = 70 + 7 (which is 10% of 70)
1.10 = 1 + 0.1 (which is 10% of 1)
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Hey EMPOWERgmatRichC You are assuming here that the price is an INteger..
What if its NOT...
My Guess is => THIS IS A WRONG QUESTION AS ALL OPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE..
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Hey EMPOWERgmatRichC You are assuming here that the price is an INteger..
What if its NOT...
My Guess is => THIS IS A WRONG QUESTION AS ALL OPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE..

Let price be $10 The store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%, so the new price must be 110 *10 /100 =>11 So, The new price must be a multiple of 11 From the given options check for all the multiples of 11 Test of divisibility of 11 is  " if the difference of the sum of digits at odd places and the sum of its digits at even places, is either 0 or divisible by 11, then clearly the number is divisible by 11." A.$1.10
B. $8.80 C.$11.00

By a quick glance even a 2nd grader can eliminate options A,B and C , because they are all divisible by 11 , let with only 2 options check for the divisibility rule for options D and E

D. $57.30 Sum of even digits is 5+3 = 8 Sum of odd digits is 7 +0 = 7 Difference of the even and odd digits is 8 - 7 = 1 ; not divisible by 11 Hence this is our answer. E.$78.10

Further inspection is not required since we have already found out the answer at (D)

stonecold No question of treating the number as integers / not take it as it is given in the question stem.
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stonecold wrote:
Hey EMPOWERgmatRichC You are assuming here that the price is an INteger..
What if its NOT...
My Guess is => THIS IS A WRONG QUESTION AS ALL OPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE..

Let price be $10 The store owner decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%, so the new price must be 110 *10 /100 =>11 So, The new price must be a multiple of 11 From the given options check for all the multiples of 11 Test of divisibility of 11 is  " if the difference of the sum of digits at odd places and the sum of its digits at even places, is either 0 or divisible by 11, then clearly the number is divisible by 11." A.$1.10
B. $8.80 C.$11.00

By a quick glance even a 2nd grader can eliminate options A,B and C , because they are all divisible by 11 , let with only 2 options check for the divisibility rule for options D and E

D. $57.30 Sum of even digits is 5+3 = 8 Sum of odd digits is 7 +0 = 7 Difference of the even and odd digits is 8 - 7 = 1 ; not divisible by 11 Hence this is our answer. E.$78.10

Further inspection is not required since we have already found out the answer at (D)

stonecold No question of treating the number as integers / not take it as it is given in the question stem.

Completely DISAGREE
For non integers every answer works..

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Completely DISAGREE
For non integers every answer works..

Is it so ? I never bothered to check that please provide us with your explanation..

Lets check again.
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stonecold wrote:
Completely DISAGREE
For non integers every answer works..

Is it so ? I never bothered to check that please provide us with your explanation..

Lets check again.

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Every answer is valid Except D (as you put it) ..
D will be valid if => x= 573/11
Hence D will be valid too

Remember No one told us that x needs be an integer ..
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Yes..Abhishek009
But the Question is Which of the following Cannot be the value of x
hence we cannot say which one.
x needs to be an integer here
P.S - We can play along all day .. Every value is valid unless stated otherwise
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