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Grade 6SuperchallengePercent

Percent · Superchallenge problem

A shop buys 200200 pens for $0.80\$0.80 each and sells them for $1.00\$1.00 each. Some pens break and cannot be sold. What percent of the 200200 pens must the shop sell so that its profit is exactly 15%15\% of what it paid for the pens?