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== Problem ==
 
== Problem ==
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Mary is about to pay for five items at the grocery store.  The prices of the items are <math>&#036; </math>7.99<math>, </math>&#036; <math>4.99</math>, <math>&#036; </math>2.99<math>, </math>&#036; <math>1.99</math>, and <math>&#036; </math>0.99<math>.  Mary will pay with a twenty-dollar bill.  Which of the following is closest to the percentage of the </math>&#036; <math>20.00</math> that she will receive in change?
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Mary is about to pay for five items at the grocery store.  The prices of the items are <math>7.99</math>, <math>4.99</math>, <math>2.99</math>, <math>1.99</math>, and <math>0.99</math>.  Mary will pay with a twenty-dollar bill.  Which of the following is closest to the percentage of the <math>20.00</math> that she will receive in change?
  
 
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<math>\frac{1.05}{20}=.0525 \Rightarrow \text{(A)}</math>
 
<math>\frac{1.05}{20}=.0525 \Rightarrow \text{(A)}</math>
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==Alternative Solution==
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We can round the prices to <math>8</math>, <math>5</math>, <math>3</math>, <math>2</math>, and <math>1</math>.
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So <math> 20 - (8+5+3+2+1) = 1 </math>
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We can make an equation: <math> 20* \frac{x}{100}=1 </math>
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If we simplify the equation to "x", we get <math>x=5</math>
  
 
== See also ==
 
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{{AMC12 box|year=2006|ab=B|num-b=3|num-a=5}}
 
{{AMC12 box|year=2006|ab=B|num-b=3|num-a=5}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:11, 8 December 2013

Problem

Mary is about to pay for five items at the grocery store. The prices of the items are $7.99$, $4.99$, $2.99$, $1.99$, and $0.99$. Mary will pay with a twenty-dollar bill. Which of the following is closest to the percentage of the $20.00$ that she will receive in change?

$\text {(A) } 5 \qquad \text {(B) } 10 \qquad \text {(C) } 15 \qquad \text {(D) } 20 \qquad \text {(E) } 25$

Solution

The total price of the items is $(8-.01)+(5-.01)+(3-.01)+(2-.01)+(1-.01)=19-.05=18.95$

$20-18.95=1.05$

$\frac{1.05}{20}=.0525 \Rightarrow \text{(A)}$

Alternative Solution

We can round the prices to $8$, $5$, $3$, $2$, and $1$.

So $20 - (8+5+3+2+1) = 1$

We can make an equation: $20* \frac{x}{100}=1$

If we simplify the equation to "x", we get $x=5$

See also

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