SOLUTION: A student buys a ticket to a concert at discount of 20%. His ticket cost $6.80.
What is full price?
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Question 219998: A student buys a ticket to a concert at discount of 20%. His ticket cost $6.80.
What is full price?
Answer by likaaka(51) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Set your equation as so,
6.80/x=1-20%
6.80/x=80%, in other words 340 is 82% of what
Convert percentage to a decimal fraction
6.80/x=.80
6.80=.80x, solve for x
6.80/.80=x
x=8.50
Full price of the ticket is $8.50
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