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A pair of shoes is on sale for 80% of the original price. The sale prive is $60. What was the original price?

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1 answer:

OLEGan [10]2 years ago

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You will set the equation up as part/whole = percent/100 and when you replace it with your numbers you get 60/x = 80/100 now you cross multiply and do 60*100 = 80 * x and you get 6,000 = 80x now you divide both sides by 80 then you get 75 was the original price

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