SOLUTION: Hello. I did the following equation and just want to know if I did the steps correctly? Thank you. After a 25% reduction, a picnic table is on sale for $120. What was the or

Question 185564: Hello. I did the following equation and just want to know if I did the steps correctly? Thank you.
After a 25% reduction, a picnic table is on sale for $120. What was the original price?

I did this:
120 * 0.25 = x
x = 30
120 + 30 = 150
The original price of the picnic table is $150.00

Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
150*.25=37.5 so you did it wrong.
.
Let x be the original price.
x-.25x=120
.75x=120
x=$160.
.
Ed

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