SOLUTION: the price of an article has been reduced 25% in order to restore the original price, the price must be increased by

Question 363070: the price of an article has been reduced 25% in order to restore the original price, the price must be increased by
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the original price be P.
The sale price is (3/4)P.
To get back to P, multiply by X.

Increase the sale price by 1/3 to get back to the original price.
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Example,
The original price of the sweater was $10.
Sale price was $7.50 or $2.50 off.
To get back to $10.00, we need to add $2.50.

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