SOLUTION: If the price of dress in now 1800 and it has under gone successive reduction of 20% and 10% what is price originally ?

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Question 1139455: If the price of dress in now 1800 and it has under gone successive reduction of 20% and 10% what is price originally ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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p original price

First price reduction: p-0.2p

Second price reduction: %28p-0.2p%29-0.1%28p-0.2p%29


The price is now 1800 whatever the money units, after these two reductions.
%28p-0.2p%29-0.1%28p-0.2p%29=1800
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Simplify and solve.