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Problem 604

Geometry Difficulty 2.7 Multiple choice CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) · Canada · 2014

The diagram shown consists of circles with radius 1cm and semi-circles with radius 1cm.

The total shaded area, in cm $^2$ , is

Pick one

Official solution

At Store Q, the bicycle’s regular price is $15\%$ more than the price at Store P, or $15\%$ more than $200.

Since $15\%$ of 200 is $\frac{15}{100}\times200=0.15\times200=30$ , then $15\%$ more than $200 is $\$200+\$30$ or $\$230$ .

This bicycle is on sale at Store Q for 10% off of the regular price, $230.

Since $10\%$ of 230 is $\frac{10}{100}\times230=0.10\times230=23$ , then $10\%$ off of $230 is $\$230-\$23$ or $\$207$ .
The sale price of the bicycle at Store Q is $207.

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