2009 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 8

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The following problem is from both the 2009 AMC 10B #8 and 2009 AMC 12B #7, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

In a certain year the price of gasoline rose by $20\%$ during January, fell by $20\%$ during February, rose by $25\%$ during March, and fell by $x\%$ during April. The price of gasoline at the end of April was the same as it had been at the beginning of January. To the nearest integer, what is $x$

$\mathrm{(A)}\ 12\qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ 17\qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ 20\qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ 25\qquad\mathrm{(E)}\ 35$

Solution

Let $p$ be the price at the beginning of January. The price at the end of March was $(1.2)(0.8)(1.25)p = 1.2p.$ Because the price at the of April was $p$ , the price decreased by $0.2p$ during April, and the percent decrease was $x = 100 \cdot \frac{0.2p}{1.2p} = \frac {100}{6} \approx 16.7.$ So to the nearest integer $x$ is $\boxed{17}$ . The answer is $\mathrm{(B)}$ .

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