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2014 AMC 10B Problem 7

Problem 7 of 25EasierAlgebraArithmetic

Suppose A>B>0A > B > 0 and AA is x%x\% greater than B.B. What is x?x?

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By definition, we know A=x+100100BA = \dfrac {x+ 100}{100}B =B+x100B.= B + \dfrac x{100}B. This implies, (A−B)=x100B100(A−BB)=x.\begin{aligned} (A-B) &= \dfrac x{100}B\\ 100\left(\dfrac{A-B} B\right) &=x.\end{aligned} Thus, the correct answer is A .
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