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A candy bar originally costs x cents per y ounces. If the size of the candy bar is reduced by 1 ounce and the price is increased by 10%, what is the new cost of the candy bar, expressed in cents per ounce?

A. (x - y)/10

B. 11(x - y)/10

C. 11x/(11y)

D. 11x/(10(y - 1))

E. 11x/(1 - y)
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A candy bar originally costs x cents per y ounces. If the size of the candy bar is reduced by 1 ounce and the price is increased by 10%, what is the new cost of the candy bar, expressed in cents per ounce?

A. (x - y)/10

B. 11(x - y)/10

C. 11x/(11y)

D. 11x/(10(y - 1))

E. 11x/(1 - y)
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x=10 y=100

x' = 11 y=99 x'/y' = 1/9

substitute x and y to get 1/9

D 11 x 10 / 10 ( 100-1) = 11x10/10 x 99 = 11/99 = 1/9


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A candy bar originally costs x cents per y ounces. If the size of the candy bar is reduced by 1 ounce and the price is increased by 10%, what is the new cost of the candy bar, expressed in cents per ounce?

A. (x - y)/10

B. 11(x - y)/10

C. 11x/(11y)

D. 11x/(10(y - 1))

E. 11x/(1 - y)
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Lets take x as 10 and y as 2 it means for 2 ounces we need to pay 10 cent. so according to question now for 1 ounce we need to pay 11 cent so if we plug x and y equation in question only D will provide answer as 11.
IMO is also D.
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A candy bar originally costs x cents per y ounces. If the size of the candy bar is reduced by 1 ounce and the price is increased by 10%, what is the new cost of the candy bar, expressed in cents per ounce?

A. (x - y)/10

B. 11(x - y)/10

C. 11x/(11y)

D. 11x/(10(y - 1))

E. 11x/(1 - y)
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In addition to the Alternative approaches (using numbers) shown above, we'll also show a Logical approach based on the properties of percents.

The original price was x/y cents per ounce. Increasing this by 10% gives 1.1x/y = 11x/10y cents per ounce.
Our answer must be a little bit larger than this because we're charging the money for less ounces of chocolate.
(A),(B) don't make any sense because they don't give a ratio between x and y.
(C) is the original price and doesn't show an increase.
(E) looks a bit odd because it doesn't show something close to an 11/10 ratio (also, it is negative: y > 1 because otherwise we couldn't reduce the chocolate by 1 ounce).

(D) must be our answer.
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