The Price of a New Textbook Was $60 in One

question 136

Multiple Choice

The price of a new textbook was $60 in one year and $75 two years later.Over the same period,the price of a used copy of the text rose from $25 to $37.50.Over the two years,the relative price of a new textbook

• A)increased by 25 percent.
• B)decreased from 2.4 to 2.0.
• C)increased from 2.4 to 3.
• D)decreased from 1.4 to 1.25

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