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Date of Purchase
Percent Reduction

July 1 through July 7
5%

July 8 through July 14
30%

July 15 through July 21
55%

July 22 through July 28
70%

In the table above is shown the percent reduction in the price of every item in a store off the original price of that item on June 30 of that year. The table is for the 28 days immediately after June 30 of that year. If on July n of that year, Bill bought a suit that originally cost $450, what is the value of n? (1) Bill paid$112.50 less than he would have if he had bought it the day before.

(2) Bill paid $202.50 for the suit. [Reveal] Spoiler: OA Senior Manager Joined: 24 Mar 2011 Posts: 457 Location: Texas Followers: 5 Kudos [?]: 137 [0], given: 20 Re: DS - 700 level - Suit [#permalink] ### Show Tags 23 Jul 2011, 21:27 interesting question.. i think i will choose A for this... only statement 1 is sufficient... how i solved? B - of course is sufficient..$202.50 .. falls under 3rd category BUT i dont know which day in 3rd category.. it can be any from july 15th through 21st...

now for A to be correct there is hint... to see if 55% of 450 - 30% of 450 = 112.50 and i think it is.
so it is the 15th day of july
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Date of Purchase
Percent Reduction

July 1 through July 7
5%

July 8 through July 14
30%

July 15 through July 21
55%

July 22 through July 28
70%

In the table above is shown the percent reduction in the price of every item in a store off the original price of that item on June 30 of that year. The table is for the 28 days immediately after June 30 of that year. If on July n of that year, Bill bought a suit that originally cost $450, what is the value of n? (1) Bill paid$112.50 less than he would have if he had bought it the day before.

From 2) if Bill paid $202.5 for the suit, you can figure out the week that particular sale price was on, but not the exact date. Hence, eliminate B. If both are true, it is easy to just pick the date which falls within the week from 2). Hence, C is correct. No math is required except 112.5/450 which is easy 25%. Hope this helps you. GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 11704 Followers: 527 Kudos [?]: 144 [0], given: 0 Re: In the table above is shown the percent reduction in the [#permalink] ### Show Tags 17 Oct 2013, 07:34 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. _________________ GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 11704 Followers: 527 Kudos [?]: 144 [0], given: 0 Re: In the table above is shown the percent reduction in the [#permalink] ### Show Tags 17 Apr 2015, 21:09 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. _________________ Senior Manager Joined: 05 Mar 2015 Posts: 311 Followers: 1 Kudos [?]: 35 [0], given: 29 Re: In the table above is shown the percent reduction in the [#permalink] ### Show Tags 15 Jun 2016, 10:09 bschool83 wrote: Date of Purchase Percent Reduction July 1 through July 7 5% July 8 through July 14 30% July 15 through July 21 55% July 22 through July 28 70% In the table above is shown the percent reduction in the price of every item in a store off the original price of that item on June 30 of that year. The table is for the 28 days immediately after June 30 of that year. If on July n of that year, Bill bought a suit that originally cost$450, what is the value of n?

(1) Bill paid $112.50 less than he would have if he had bought it the day before. (2) Bill paid$202.50 for the suit.

(1) insuff..because we don't know the discounted price/any price for which he would have paid $112.5. (2)202.5 is what percent less of 450... 450(1-x/100)=202.5 x=55% date "n" could be anything between july15-july21...not suff.... Combining both Bill paid$112.50 less than he would have if he had bought it the day before
means bill paid (202.5+112.5=\$315) if he bought with any previous discount a day before.
315 is 30% less than 450.
So he must bought on july 15
Ans C
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