A clothing store originally bought 100 jackets at a total cost of j dollars. If each jacket was sold for 40 percent more than its original cost, what was the individual price, in terms of j, of each jacket sold?	Choices
A) j/140 B) 7j/500 C) 140j D) j/100+40 E) 140j/100
cost of 100 jackets = j dollars   each jacket costing 40% more is same as   all costing 40% more.   therefore over all price = 1.40j   price for each = 1.40j/100 =&gt; 14j/1000=7j/500   ANSWER:7j/500
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A clothing store originally bought 100 jackets at a total cost of j dollars. If each jacket was sold for 40 percent more than its original cost, what was the individual price, in terms of j, of each jacket sold?