SOLUTION: Carousel Toys has Romper Buckaroos, wooden rocking horses for toddlers, on a 30% markdown sale for $72.09 each. What was the original price before they were marked down?

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Question 754377: Carousel Toys has Romper Buckaroos, wooden rocking horses for toddlers, on a 30% markdown sale for $72.09 each. What was the original price before they were marked down?
Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It was a 30% markdown.
Multiply the marked down price
by 100/70
($72.09 * 100)/ 70
= $102.99
Proof:
30% of $102.99 = $30.89
$102.99 - $30.89
=$72.09
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