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kykrilka [37]
3 years ago
9

Lily buys a sweater that is on sale for $42, which is 75% of the original price of the sweater. What was the original price of t

he sweater?
Mathematics
2 answers:
larisa [96]3 years ago
7 0
42 dollars is 75% so 25% is 14 and 100% is 56
allochka39001 [22]3 years ago
3 0
We have an equation: 42/? = 75/100

Cross multiply:
75*? = 42*100
⇒ ? = 42*100/75= 56

The original price of the sweater was $56.

Hope this helps~
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