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2010 AMC 10BProblem 11P11-15~4 minPrint

A shopper plans to purchase an item that has a listed price greater than $100\$100 and can use any one of the three coupons. Coupon A gives 15%15\% off the listed price, Coupon B gives $30\$30 off the listed price, and Coupon C gives 25%25\% off the amount by which the listed price exceeds $100\$100 .
Let xx and yy be the smallest and largest prices, respectively, for which Coupon A saves at least as many dollars as Coupon B or Coupon C. What is yxy - x ?

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