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If the dollar amount of sales at Store P was $800,000 for 2006, what was the dollar amount of sales at that store for 2008 ?
A $727,200
B $792,000
C $800,000
D $880,000
E $968,000
直接算,800000*(1+10%)*(1-10%)=792000,即B
2)At Store T, the dollar amount of sales for 2007 was what percent of the dollar amount of sales for 2008 ?
Give your answer to the nearest 0.1 percent.___________%
直接算,1/(1-8%)=108.7%(约等于)
3)Which of the following statements must be true?
Indicate all such statements.
A For 2008 the dollar amount of sales at Store R was greater than that at each of the other four stores.
B The dollar amount of sales at Store S for 2008 was 22 percent less than that for 2006.
C The dollar amount of sales at Store R for 2008 was more than 17 percent greater than that for 2006.
本题A选项一看到就可以排除了,涉及到两个店的绝对量的比较,这个不确定,没有告诉绝对值。B选项是把两个增长的比例简单地算术相加。肯定错了。所以C肯定是对的了。。算一下也是的确是对的。