SAT Math XIII

Algebra Level 2

A cookie shop is going out of business. Prices for all items in the store were assigned in July. Each month after that, the price was 40 % 40\% less than the price the previous month. If the price of an item was d d dollars for July, what was the price for October (of the same year)?

0.128d 0.216d 0.16d 0.64d

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1 solution

Tristan Goodman
Jan 16, 2019

The answer is the third term in a geometric sequence with "d" as its initial term and .6 as the common ratio.

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