SOLUTION: the corderos sold their house for $165,000. this price is $15.000 more then six times what they origanlly paid for the house. how much did they origanlly pay for the house?

Question 109268: the corderos sold their house for $165,000. this price is $15.000 more then six times what they origanlly paid for the house. how much did they origanlly pay for the house?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the corderos sold their house for $165,000. this price is $15.000 more then six times what they origanlly paid for the house. how much did they origanlly pay for the house?
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Let original cost be "x".
EQUATION; 165000 = 6x+15000
6x = 150000
x = $25,000
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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