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Problem
A man buys a house for $10,000 and rents it. He puts 
of each month's rent aside for repairs and upkeep; pays $325 a year taxes and realizes 
on his investment. The monthly rent (in dollars) is:
$\textbf{(A)}\ \64.82\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \83.33\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \72.08\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \45.83\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \177.08$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
is the same as 
, so the man sets one eighth of each month's rent aside, so he only gains 
of his rent. He also pays $325 each year, and he realizes 
, or $550, on his investment. Therefore he must have collected a total of $325 +$550 = $875 in rent. This was for the whole year, so he collected 
dollars each month as rent. This is only of the monthly rent, so the monthly rent in dollars is $\frac{875}{12}\cdot \frac{8}{7}=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ \83.33}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
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