By selling 32 carrots in a dollar, a man loses 40%. How many carrots must he sell in a dollar to gain 20% profit?
Options:	A) 16	B) 18	C) 20	D) 25	E) 28
This is a question that is much easier than it first appears. If you work with the percents directly, you can solve it very quickly. If the man sells 32 carrots for a dollar, he loses 40%. That means he is at 60% of his cost (100% - 40% = 60%). We are trying to figure out how many carrots he has to sell in order to make a 20% profit, or be at 120% (100% + 20% = 120%). 120% is double 60%, meaning that we simply cut the number of carrots in half to double our returns (from 60% to 120%), yielding  32/2= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 32/2</gadget>
<output>16</output>
16 carrots, or answer choice 16.
<result>A</result>
By selling 32 carrots in a dollar, a man loses 40%. How many carrots must he sell in a dollar to gain 20% profit?