A dealer originally bought 300 identical batteries at a total cost of q dollars. If each battery was sold at 50 percent above the original cost per battery, then, in terms of q, for how many dollars was each battery sold? Choose the correct choice from the following
A) q/200 B) 3q/2 C) 450q D) q/300 E) 450/q
The cost of each battery was q/300.   Each battery was sold for 1.5q/300 = 3q/600 = q/200.   The answer is q/200.
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A dealer originally bought 300 identical batteries at a total cost of q dollars. If each battery was sold at 50 percent above the original cost per battery, then, in terms of q, for how many dollars was each battery sold?