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[[Category:Introductory Algebra Problems]]

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Problem

A merchant buys goods at $25\%$ of the list price. He desires to mark the goods so that he can give a discount of $20\%$ on the marked price and still clear a profit of $25\%$ on the selling price. What percent of the list price must he mark the goods?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 125\% \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 100\% \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 120\% \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 80\% \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 75\%$

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See Also

1950 AHSC (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 35
Followed by
Problem 37
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