Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him? Pick one:
A) $496.30  B) $512.40  C) $555.40  D) $574.90  E) $588.20
670 is the final price that is the selling price. now suppose, x is the cost price.   therefore 670 = 1.35 * x   now while doing x = 670/1.35 calculation. I saw that the answer choices begin with 5.   So i did 135 * 5= 
<gadget id="calculator">135 * 5</gadget>
<output>675</output>
675. As 670 is less than 675. Therefore the quotient will be less than 5.   Which is only in the answer $496.30.
<result>A</result>
Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him?