GMAT Quantitative Reasoning Practice Test 1

Question : 6 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

Kelly used to get a 30% discount on movie tickets. When the price of the movie ticket increased by 50%, the amount of discount in dollars remained the same. What is Kelly's discount with the new Ticket price in percent terms?

$10 \%$
$20 \%$
$25 \%$
$35 \%$
$38 \%$

Validate

Solution:

The price of the ticket is unknown. It would be most convenient to plug in 100 as the price of the ticket.
A

30 \%

discount of 100 is

\$ 30

, that amount remained the same after the price of a ticket increased by

50 \%

.
The new price of a ticket is

\$ 150

, so

30 \/ 150

20 \%

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