Home Competitions AHSME 1952 Problem 34
The price of an article was increased p % p\% p % . Later the new price was decreased p % p\% p % . If the last price was one dollar, the original price was:
(A) 1 − p 2 200 (B) 1 − p 2 100 (C) one dollar (D) 1 − p 2 10000 − p 2 (E) 10000 10000 − p 2 \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1-p^2}{200} \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{\sqrt{1-p^2}}{100} \textbf{(C)}\ \text{one dollar} \\ \textbf{(D)}\ 1-\frac{p^2}{10000-p^2} \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{10000}{10000-p^2} (A) 200 1 − p 2 (B) 100 1 − p 2 (C) one dollar (D) 1 − 10000 − p 2 p 2 (E) 10000 − p 2 10000
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