the price of commodity x increases by 45 cents every year , while the price of commodity y increases by 20 cents every year . in 2001 , the price of commodity x was $ 5.20 and the price of commodity y was $ 7.30 . in which year will the price of commodity x be 35 cents less than the price of commodity y ?
"the price of commodity x increases 25 cents each year relative to commodity y . the price difference is $ 2.10 and commodity x needs to be 35 cents less than commodity y . $ 1.75 / 25 cents = 7 years the answer is 2001 + 7 years = 2008 . the answer is c ."
add(2001, divide(add(divide(35, const_100), subtract(7.30, 5.20)), subtract(divide(45, const_100), subtract(7.30, 5.20))))