The owner of an art shop conducts his business in the following manner. Every once in a while he raises his prices fo x%, then a while later he reduces all the new prices by x%. After one such up-down cycle the price of a painting decreased by $ 441. After a second up-down cycle the painting was sold for $ 1944.81. What was the original price of the painting in $?	Choose the correct choice from the following answers
A) 2756.25  B) 2256.25  C) 2500  D) 2000  E) 5000
firstly, i will eliminate E because it's too much..   the 1st time reduction is 441   but the price after 2 times reduction is 1944.81   So, we can cut D and B ..   now only 2756 and 2500 left   the final price is 1944.81..   C); 2500 - 1944 = ~550   B); 2756 - 1944 = ~800   because the first reduction is 441 so the 2nd reduction should be lower than 441   but in C ; 550-441 = ~110 .. its too much reduction in the 2nd round   so B; 800-441 = ~ 360 seems quite good..   ANSWER:2256.25
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The owner of an art shop conducts his business in the following manner. Every once in a while he raises his prices fo x%, then a while later he reduces all the new prices by x%. After one such up-down cycle the price of a painting decreased by $ 441. After a second up-down cycle the painting was sold for $ 1944.81. What was the original price of the painting in $?