2006 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 4
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[hide]Problem
Mary is about to pay for five items at the grocery store. The prices of the items are ,
,
,
, and
. Mary will pay with a twenty-dollar bill. Which of the following is closest to the percentage of the
that she will receive in change?
Solution
The total price of the items is
Alternative Solution
We can round the prices to ,
,
,
, and
.
So
We can make an equation:
If we simplify the equation to "x", we get
See also
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