SOLUTION: a dress stor is having a cell where all merchindise are 1/4 off. a women buys a dress for 42 dollars what would have been regular price

Question 590817: a dress stor is having a cell where all merchindise are 1/4 off. a women buys a dress for 42 dollars what would have been regular price
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x - 1/4x = 42

3/4x = 42

3x = 42*4

3x = 168

x = 168/3

x = 56

So the regular price was $56.
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