SOLUTION: After a 25% reduction, a picnic table is on sale for $120. What was the regular price?

Question 325899: After a 25% reduction, a picnic table is on sale for $120. What was the regular price?
Found 2 solutions by dcharlequin, qlible:
Answer by dcharlequin(6) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25% = 1/4
so 120 must be 3/4 th's of the original number.
so 4/4 th's is what?
Divide 120 by 3 to get 40.
40 is 1/4 th
120 is 3/4 th's
so
160 is 4/4 th's
The original or "regular" price was $160.00
Answer by qlible(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25% = 1/4
so 120 must be 3/4 th's of the original number.
so 4/4 th's is what?
Divide 120 by 3 to get 40.
40 is 1/4 th
120 is 3/4 th's
so
160 is 4/4 th's
The original or "regular" price was $160.010
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