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# M70-34

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A used-car salesman bought a car for 70% of its retail price, and sold the same car for $$x\%$$ of the retail price. What was his profit from selling the car, as a percentage of the retail price?

(1) The salesman sold the car for $350 more than what he bought it for. (2) $$x=75$$ _________________ Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 49206 Re M70-34 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 04 Sep 2018, 02:25 Official Solution: We’ll go for LOGICAL because that is our first choice in Data Sufficiency. We are not actually asked what the profit is, but rather whether there is enough information to find the percentage of a greater number (the retail price) the profit equals to. (1) gives us the actual profit, but without knowing the retail price, we cannot translate this into a percentage. Insufficient. (A) and (D) are eliminated. (2) Subtracting 70% from $$x$$, which we have just been given – 75, gives us exactly the profit as the percentage of the retail price. That’s enough! (C) and (E) are eliminated. Answer: B _________________ Senior Manager Joined: 08 Jun 2013 Posts: 323 Location: India Schools: INSEAD Jan '19 GMAT 1: 200 Q1 V1 GPA: 3.82 WE: Engineering (Other) Re: M70-34 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 04 Sep 2018, 18:05 1 Bunuel wrote: A used-car salesman bought a car for 70% of its retail price, and sold the same car for $$x\%$$ of the retail price. What was his profit from selling the car, as a percentage of the retail price? (1) The salesman sold the car for $$350 more than what he bought it for. (2)$$x=75$

Hey Bunuel

What is x in statement 2)?

Question stem defines x % of retail price whereas in statement 2) above x is stated simply in $units. Posted from my mobile device _________________ It seems Kudos button not working correctly with all my posts... Please check if it is working with this post...... is it?.... Anyways...Thanks for trying Math Expert Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 49206 Re: M70-34 [#permalink] ### Show Tags 04 Sep 2018, 20:52 Harshgmat wrote: Bunuel wrote: A used-car salesman bought a car for 70% of its retail price, and sold the same car for $$x\%$$ of the retail price. What was his profit from selling the car, as a percentage of the retail price? (1) The salesman sold the car for $$350 more than what he bought it for. (2)$$x=75$

Hey Bunuel

What is x in statement 2)?

Question stem defines x % of retail price whereas in statement 2) above x is stated simply in \$ units.

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