Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Modified question ( P6 percentage, more T-shirts with discount )

A Modified question:

Mr Tan bought some T-shirts for $425.  If he was given a discount of 16%, he would be able to buy 6 more identical T-shirts for the same amount of money.  What was the original price of each T-shirt?

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Click here for my solution.

Click here for the original question.  
In its original form, the question seems unsolvable.  And if only the number "5" is changed to "6", then the question would become quite trivial. :)