A store is having a sale where school supplies are 30% off their original price. A backpack is on sale for $11.20. What was the

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Lynna [10]

3 years ago

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A store is having a sale where school supplies are 30% off their original price. A backpack is on sale for $11.20. What was the

original price of the backpack
PLEASE HE;LP ME DONT UNDERSTAND

Mathematics

2 answers:

boyakko [2] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-11T09:34:10+03:00

boyakko [2]3 years ago

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The original price was $16.

Mila [183] · Answer 2 · 2022-05-11T07:55:20+03:00

Mila [183]3 years ago

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To find the original price, you could use a variable to represent the original price in this equation;

Let p represent the original price

.70 × p=11.20

to solve this, we'd isolate the variable (p)

p=11.20 ÷.70

p=16

The original price was $16