SOLUTION: The dress store is having a sale where everything is 1/4 off .A woman pays $42 dollars of the merchandise price. What would she have payed at regular price ?
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Question 587493: The dress store is having a sale where everything is 1/4 off .A woman pays $42 dollars of the merchandise price. What would she have payed at regular price ?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The dress store is having a sale where everything is 1/4 off .A woman pays $42 dollars of the merchandise price. What would she have payed at regular price ?
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Let the regular price be "x":
(3/4)x = 42
x = (4/3)42
x = 4*14 = $56.00 (original price)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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