document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200968>Question 1200968</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Amy, Betty and Casey decided to buy a camera for their father. Amy would pay 30% of the usual price of the camera. Betty would pay 2/5 of the remaining amount and Casey will pay the rest. At the shop, the price of the camera had increased by 25% of its usual price. As a result, Amy paid $255 for the camera.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) What was the usual price of the camera ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) How much did Casey have to pay in the end? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1.25p, actual price\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                 HOW MUCH EACH PAID\r\n" );
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document.write( "AMY             (0.3)p\r\n" );
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document.write( "BETTY           (2/5)(1.25p-0.3p)\r\n" );
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document.write( "CASEY          1.25p-(0.3)p-(2/5)(1.25p-0.3p)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total           1.25p\r\n" );
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document.write( "Description seems imprecise.  Most of it does not force any change.  Expecting that the actual price for camera is not p,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but is to be 1.25p.  Description clearly said, Amy pay 30% of the usual price.  Effect of this from actual price not important.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) What is the usual price of the camera?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p=255%2F0.3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p=255%2F0.3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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