SOLUTION: 2. Suppose you pay $55.00 for a backpack that has been discounted 15%. What is the original price of the backpack to the nearest cent? Show how you identify what you are looking fo

Question 1132494: 2. Suppose you pay $55.00 for a backpack that has been discounted 15%. What is the original price of the backpack to the nearest cent? Show how you identify what you are looking for, set up a proportion, arrive at your answer, and check your work. Then clearly state your answer.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
given:
you pay $ for a backpack that has been discounted %=>
so, you actually pay % of the original price and it is ratio
if the original price of the backpack was $, we have

$

check your work:
the original price of the backpack is $
find % of the original price: $
deduct discount from the original price:
$ which confirms your solution

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