document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=269352>Question 269352</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a certain day, a news  vendor began the day with P papers. Between opening and noon, he sold 40 percent of the papers, and between noon and closing, he sold 60 percent of the papers which remained. What percent of the original P papers did he sell?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A)0%  (B) 20% (C) 24% (D) 76%  (E) None of these.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let P be # of papers he started with.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By noon he still had 0.6P papers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By closing he had 0.4(0.6P) = 0.24P papers .<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He sold 1-0.24 = 0.76 = 76% of the papers<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A)0% (B) 20% (C) 24% (D) 76% (E) None of these. <BR>\n" );
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