Sunday, January 14, 2007

"GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"

If the sales tax on an appliance priced at $300 is between 5 percent and 8 percent, then the cost (price plus sales tax ) of the appliance could be
(A) $310
(B) $312
(C) $314
(D) $318
(E) $325

2 comments:

Unknown said...

ans:d

Anonymous said...

answer:D
sales tax is between 5% and 8% of $300 i.e. between $315 and $324...so answer is $318