A new price of an item is $39.32. The percent increase was 16%. What was the original price?
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This is a division problem. First, get 12 1/3 into fraction form instead of mixed number form to make your life easier;
Now, divide the two fractions. Since this is fraction division, the reciprocal is flipped and the two fractions multiplied.
The answer from the fraction division is 16 and four-ninths, but because you need a whole number as an answer,
the answer is 16 pieces.
Now, divide the two fractions. Since this is fraction division, the reciprocal is flipped and the two fractions multiplied.
The answer from the fraction division is 16 and four-ninths, but because you need a whole number as an answer,
the answer is 16 pieces.