Dumbgirl1616 Dumbgirl1616

28-05-2017
Mathematics

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A store is having a 20% off sale. If the reduced price of an item is $113.60,What was its original price?

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28-05-2017

"reduced price" means the price of this item was 80% of its original price

Let's suppose the original price was x

Then
0.8x=113.6

Solve for x:
x=113.6÷0.8=142$

Hence the original price was 142$

I hope that helps!

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klovespink klovespink

28-05-2017

the answer would be 142 dollars that is the original price.

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