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There were 36.000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued. From the time the first paperback copy was sold until the last copy of the novel was sold. 9 times as many paperback copies as hardback copies were sold. If a total of 441.000 copies of the novel were [...]
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There were 36.000 hardback copies of a certain novel sold before the paperback version was issued. From the time the first paperback copy was sold until the last copy of the novel was sold. 9 times as many paperback copies as hardback copies were sold. If a total of 441.000 copies of the novel were sold in all, how many paperback copies were sold?
(A) 45.000
(B) 360.000
(C) 364.500
(D) 392.000
(E) 396.900
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#2.
May 2nd, 2008, at 12:33 PM.
441000-36000=405000
9 part of 405000 is 364.500.
C is the right choice.
Will
#3.
May 2nd, 2008, at 10:42 PM.
C.
Deeks
#4.
May 3rd, 2008, at 12:44 AM.
C
jagat thoudam
#5.
May 3rd, 2008, at 2:43 PM.
C
Ritula Thakur
#6.
May 4th, 2008, at 10:02 AM.
C is the correct choice
Deepak
#7.
May 4th, 2008, at 3:31 PM.
Ans for the above q is option C.
SD
#8.
May 5th, 2008, at 3:31 PM.
c
Richa
#9.
May 6th, 2008, at 4:02 AM.
C
manikant.
#10.
May 8th, 2008, at 8:00 AM.
the answer is C
Manisha
#11.
May 17th, 2008, at 11:07 AM.
C
kartik
#12.
May 21st, 2008, at 1:14 PM.
correct me if i am wrong isn ‘t it E ,I mean the question does not tell you that they have stop selling hardbacks right so by that logic 36,000 + x number of harbacks were sole hence 9(36,000 + x) paperbacks were sold .
Therefore total copies sold is 9(36,000 + x) + 36,000 + x = 10(36,000 + x) = 441000
solving this x = 8100
total paperbacks sold = 396.900
Navya
#13.
June 3rd, 2008, at 1:24 PM.
I think it is E as well.
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#1. May 2nd, 2008, at 12:14 PM.
P = 9 (H-36)
Since 9 times as many paperback were sold “from the time the 1st paperback was sold. But when the 1st paperback was sold already 36 Hardcovers were sold.
H = P/9 + 36
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P+H=441
P+P/9+36=441
10/9 P = 405
P=405 * 10 / 9 = 364.5
So thats the correct answer = C
But how can the paper back be half ? ( Logically you cannot sell half a book?)
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