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If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   Updated on: 13 Jun 2014, 01:48
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If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =

A. 88.8
B. 91.0
C. 88.0
D. 70.9
E. 71.2
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Originally posted by anujtsingh on 22 Mar 2013, 12:59.
Last edited by Bunuel on 13 Jun 2014, 01:48, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   22 Mar 2013, 13:08
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anujtsingh wrote:
If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =

a 88.8
b 91.0
c 88.0
d 70.9
e 71.2


x = 80 + 0.11*80 = 80 + 8.8 = 88.8.

Answer: A.

OA is NOT correct.
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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   22 Mar 2013, 13:13
x = 80(11/100) + 80
x = 8.8 + 80
x = 88.8
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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   23 Mar 2013, 10:34
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11% of 80 = (80*0.11) = 8.8
11% greater than 80 = 80 + 8.8 = 88.8

Answer is clearly A.


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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   19 Apr 2013, 11:03
please can someone show me how x=91.

i get x=88.8
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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   19 Apr 2013, 11:08
emon wrote:
please can someone show me how x=91.

i get x=88.8


There is nothing to explain \(x=80+11%80=80+8.8=88.8\)
The OA is not correct

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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   22 Apr 2013, 14:52
emon wrote:
please can someone show me how x=91.

i get x=88.8


Maybe it's worded incorrectly? "X is 11% greater than 80" does not have the same value for X as "80 is 11% less than X"

Even then, though, the answer would only be 89.8
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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   13 Jun 2014, 01:45
the question may be x is greater than 11% of 80....poor question not GMAT like
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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   13 Jun 2014, 03:05
\(x = 80 + \frac{11}{100} * 80\)

x = 80 + 8.8

x = 88.8

Answer = A
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Re: If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x = [#permalink] If x is 11 percent greater than 80, then x =   17 Jan 2015, 03:14
x is greater than 80 so D and E are out 11 percent of 80 is 8.8 so 88.8 My question is whether this is a 700 category question???
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