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A certain manufacturer increased its gross profit on a product from 10 percent of the cost of the product to 15 percent of the cost by changing the selling price. If the new selling price was $92.00 and the cost of the product remained the same, what was the old selling price?

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A certain manufacturer increased its gross profit on a product from 10 percent of the cost of the product to 15 percent of the cost by changing the selling price. If the new selling price was $92.00 and the cost of the product remained the same, what was the old selling price?

A. $77.40
B. $80.00
C. $83.64
D. $87.40
E. $88.00
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Given:

{cost of the product} * 1.15 = $92
{cost of the product} = $80.

Therefore, the old price was $80 * 1.1 = $88.

Answer: E.
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I am not sure I am following this question (or rather the solution that Bunuel responded with). Here is my thought:


Selling Price - Cost Price = Profit

Let CP = x
Old Prof = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x)
New Prof =\(\frac{115}{100}\)(x)

Old SP = Old Prof + CP [CP is the same in both conditions as given in the prompt]
=> Old SP = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x) + x
=> Old SP = \(\frac{210}{100}\)(x)

Also, given

New SP = 92

New SP = New Prof + CP [CP is the same in both conditions as given in the prompt]

=> 92 = \(\frac{115}{100}\)(x) + x

Solving,

x = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\)

So, the CP = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\)

Now, plug this back into the Old SP equation above.

Old SP = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\) * \(\frac{210}{100}\)

This yields a value of 89.86. Where am I going wrong? This, of course, is a loooong-winded math.
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A certain manufacturer increased its gross profit on a product from 10 percent of the cost of the product to 15 percent of the cost by changing the selling price. If the new selling price was $92.00 and the cost of the product remained the same, what was the old selling price?

A. $77.40
B. $80.00
C. $83.64
D. $87.40
E. $88.00
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Work backwards. Find cost price, which has not changed, from NEW Sell Price. Then take cost price * 1.10 to get old sell price.

1) COST PRICE?

NEW Sell Price is 15% of (more than) cost price, meaning, cost price plus 15% of cost price

(.15CP as a sell price won't work -- he would be selling at a price 85 percent lower than CP. Huge loss. No gross profit.)

NEW Sell Price = 1.15CP = $92

$92 = 1.15CP

\(\frac{92}{1.15}\) = $80

CP = $80

2) OLD Selling Price? Use CP. Old sell price was 10 percent "of" (more than) CP.

Old SP = 1.10CP

We now have value for CP, which is 80

Old SP is thus 1.1 * 80 = $88
Old SP = $88

ANSWER E

Bunuel , given that you posted first and announced the answer, perhaps this one ought to have an official answer? :-) Not sure.
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I am not sure I am following this question (or rather the solution that Bunuel responded with). Here is my thought:

Selling Price - Cost Price = Profit

Let CP = x
Old Prof = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x)
New Prof =\(\frac{115}{100}\)(x)

Old SP = Old Prof + CP [CP is the same in both conditions as given in the prompt]
=> Old SP = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x) + x
=> Old SP = \(\frac{210}{100}\)(x)

Also, given

New SP = 92

New SP = New Prof + CP [CP is the same in both conditions as given in the prompt]

=> 92 = \(\frac{115}{100}\)(x) + x

Solving,

x = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\)

So, the CP = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\)

Now, plug this back into the Old SP equation above.

Old SP = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\) * \(\frac{210}{100}\)

This yields a value of 89.86. Where am I going wrong? This, of course, is a loooong-winded math.
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Blackbox, I think you added in CP twice. See, e.g., partial quote of your post below.

You define CP as x, but then also define old SP, it seems, as

\(\frac{110}{100}\)(x) + x =
1.10x + x

Your original "100" base of the percentage of CP gets used twice, once invisibly in the second term, x. Given your direction, I think your equation should have been:

\(\frac{10}{100}\)(x) + \(\frac{100}{100}\)(x) =

\(\frac{110}{100}\)(x) = Old SP

Old SP is not \(\frac{210}{100}\)(x), or 2.10x

Old SP is 1.10x. See my solution above.

Similarly, you're right on track when you define new SP as \(\frac{115}{100}\)(x). So you could just write

\(\frac{115}{100}\)(x) = 92, then solve. You would get cost price of 80.

I didn't run your math without the "extra" CP. But that's at least one issue. Easy mistake to make. Hope that helps. :-)
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=> Old SP = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x) + x
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Dear genxer123,

Thank you for responding. My calculations are based on my assumption Selling Price - Cost Price = Profit. Is this formula incorrect? What I understood from the prompt is that the Gross Profit was affected as per this condition -- "... increased its gross profit on a product from 10 percent of the cost of the product ...". What I do not understand is why that condition is equated to Selling Price. For e.g., NEW Sell Price = 1.15CP = $92. I am clearly confused :?
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Dear genxer123,

Thank you for responding. My calculations are based on my assumption Selling Price - Cost Price = Profit. Is this formula incorrect? What I understood from the prompt is that the Gross Profit was affected as per this condition -- "... increased its gross profit on a product from 10 percent of the cost of the product ...". What I do not understand is why that condition is equated to Selling Price. For e.g., NEW Sell Price = 1.15CP = $92. I am clearly confused :?
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Dear Blackbox ,

[EDITED TO DELETE DISCUSSION OF "CONDITION." I don't think that is the problem, because your own formula, with the PROFIT recalculated, yielded the answer.]

Of course the formula is correct! I've seen your posts, including the recent one on that horrible problem about a gasoline price increase (and a guy, Ron, who could afford part of the increase, such that we had to calculate by what percentage he must decrease consumption). You nailed it. I solved it. Barely. In FOUR minutes. I got stuck.

So I think you are just a little stuck on this one. You are not calculating profit correctly in the equation "Selling Price - Cost Price = Profit"!

You are forgetting to subtract 100 percent of the cost price from the equation!

I would PM you this whole thing, but math symbols and formulas are not translated any longer on PMs.
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I beg you: at some point, use multipliers for percentages? :dazen

Selling Price - Cost Price = Profit

Let CP = x
Old Prof = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x)
New Prof =\(\frac{115}{100}\)(x)

Old Prof = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x) - 1x

Old Prof = \(\frac{110}{100}\) (x) - \(\frac{100}{100}\) (x) = \(\frac{10}{100}\)(x)

New Prof = \(\frac{115}{100}\)(x) - 1x

New Prof = \(\frac{115}{100}(x) - \frac{100}{100}(x) = \frac{15}{100}(x)\)

Old SP = Old Prof + CP [CP is the same in both conditions as given in the prompt]

=> Old SP =\(\frac{110}{100}\)(x) + x
=> Old SP =\(\frac{210}{100}\)(x) + x

Old SP = Old Prof + CP [CP is the same in both conditions as given in the prompt]

=> Old SP= \(\frac{10}{100}\)(x) + x

=> Old SP \(\frac{10}{100}\)(x) +\(\frac{100}{100}\)(x)

=> Old SP = \(\frac{110}{100}\)(x)

Also, given

New SP = 92

New SP = New Prof + CP [CP is the same in both conditions as given in the prompt]

=> 92 = \(\frac{115}{100}\)(x) + x

=> 92 = \(\frac{15}{100}\)(x) + x

=>92 = \(\frac{115}{100}\)(x)

Solving, REPEAT THE EQUATION FROM ABOVE

92 = \(\frac{115}{100}\)(x)

x = \(\frac{92*115}{100}\)

x = 92 * \(\frac{100}{115}\)

x = 80

So, the CP = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\)

So, the CP = 80

Now, plug this back into the Old SP equation above.

Old SP = \(\frac{92*100}{215}\) * \(\frac{210}{100}\)

Old SP = (92 * \(\frac{100}{115}\) ) * \(\frac{110}{100}\) = $88

I so hope that helps. Your formula was fine. (Hard, but fine.) I just redid your math, and voila, the answer! :-)
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Oh.My.God. I can totally see where I went wrong. I feel so stupid right now :-). I guess that's what you get when you do 60 Verbal and Math questions back to back.

Thank you, genxer123. I really appreciate your taking time to lay the math out.
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hello Bunuel, do you have a simple methodology to solve quickly the fraction 92/1.15=9200/115.
The objective it is not to do it by iteration.
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hello Bunuel, do you have a simple methodology to solve quickly the fraction 92/1.15=9200/115.
The objective it is not to do it by iteration.
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  1. ­Convert 1.15 to fraction: 1.15 = 1 15/100 or 1 3/20 or 23/20
  2. Then do division of fractions: 92/1 divided by 23/20 = 80 
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A certain manufacturer increased its gross profit on a product from 10 percent of the cost of the product to 15 percent of the cost by changing the selling price. If the new selling price was $92.00 and the cost of the product remained the same, what was the old selling price?

A. $77.40
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Cost remain the same 100 only Selling price changes with change in profit.

Thus old selling price will be : ­\(\frac{92}{115}*110 = 88\), Answer will be (E)
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Hello,

Bunuel or bb, could you change the source of this questions to Gmat focus prep? this question appears on Mock number 5.

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Hello,

Bunuel or bb, could you change the source of this questions to Gmat focus prep? this question appears on Mock number 5.

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S=selling price
C=cost

92-C=(15/100)C
92=(115/100)C
C=80

The old profit from the old selling price was 1/10 of Cost, therefore:
S-80=(1/10)C
S-80=8
S=88

Answer E.
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