SOLUTION: After a 16% price reduction, a boat sold for $28,560. What was the boat's price before the reduction? (Round to the nearest cent.)
Please show work, not just the answer. Thank you
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Question 1092236: After a 16% price reduction, a boat sold for $28,560. What was the boat's price before the reduction? (Round to the nearest cent.)
Please show work, not just the answer. Thank you.
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the boat's price before the reduction
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x - 0.16x = 28,560
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0.84x = 28,560
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x = 28560 / 0.84 = 34000
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the boat's price before the reduction was $34,000
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