{"id":"cb_question_bank:322816e5-8b94-4c34-bace-f4c5577179e8","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"322816e5-8b94-4c34-bace-f4c5577179e8","external_id":null,"ibn":"019667-DC","question_id":"63573fea","program":"SAT","module":"math","domain_code":"Q","domain":"Problem-Solving and Data Analysis","skill_code":"Q.B.","skill":"Percentages","difficulty":"M","score_band":5,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"During the first month of sales, a company sold 1,300,000 units of a certain type of smartphone. During the same month, 15% of the units sold were returned. If sales and the return rate remain the same for each of the next 5 months, about how many units of this smartphone will be returned to the company during this 6-month period?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p class=\"stem_paragraph \">During the first month of sales, a company sold 1,300,000 units of a certain type of smartphone. During the same month, 15% of the units sold were returned. If sales and the return rate remain the same for each of the next 5 months, about how many units of this smartphone will be returned to the company during this 6-month period?</p>\n","rationale_html":"<p>Choice C is correct. Of the 1,300,000 units sold during the first month, 15% were returned, so <span class=\"math-container\"><img align=\"middle\" role=\"math\" class=\"math-img\" src=\"/api/assets/0440eb9f83ac6bcf792d94e2d24e81f390f16c6a5ea7c2396b381e5d75d7e3a4\" alt=\"1,300,000 times 0 point 1 5, equals 195,000\"></span> units were returned during the first month. If the units were sold and returned at the same rate for the next 5 months, then a total of <span class=\"math-container\"><img align=\"middle\" role=\"math\" class=\"math-img\" src=\"/api/assets/94f3fbf81fb05eacc65566321fe5c2c8df3781fb47a67b45b3db73bc8313f6b7\" alt=\"195,000 times 6, equals 1,170,000\"></span> smartphone units were returned during the 6-month period.</p><p>Choice A is incorrect. This is the number of units that were returned in 1 month. Choice B is incorrect. This is the number of units that were returned in 5 months. Choice D is incorrect. This is the number of units sold and not returned during the first 6 months.</p><p></p>\n","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":true,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.616000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.616000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">195,000</p>\n","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">975,000</p>\n","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">1,170,000</p>\n","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">6,630,000</p>\n","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}