During the second quarter of 1984, a total of 2,976,000 domestic cars were sold. If this was 24% greater than the number sold during the first quarter of 1984, how many were sold during the first quarter?

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714,240

2,261,760

2,400,000

Correct

3,690,240

3,915,790

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What this question tests

Your ability to compute percentage change, percentage of a whole, and to work backwards from a final value.

Treating successive percentage changes as additive — a 10% rise then a 10% fall is not back to the start.