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Can anyone help me in solving and throwing some light on the reasoning behind the following question:

Q: If the price increased by X% from 2001 to 2002 and by Y% from 2002 to 2003, what is the percentage increase from 2001 to 2003?
1. XY=30
2. 100X+100Y+XY=800

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Price in 2002=(1+x)*Price-in-2001

Price in 2003=(1+y)*Price-in-2002=(1+x)(1+y)*Price-in-2001=(1+x+y+xy)*Price-in-2001

So basically, we need to determine (1+x+y+xy), where x=X/100, y=Y/100. 1+X/100+Y/100+XY/10,000


St1: XY=30 - > Clearly Insufficient

St2: 100X+100Y+XY=800; => X+Y+XY/100 = 8 => X/100+Y/100+XY/10,000 = 0.08 That's what we wanted. Sufficient


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Re: Percentage problem [#permalink] New post 18 Jan 2010, 09:16
Many thanks for the explanation!!
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