SOLUTION: If you paid $160 for a camera after receiving a discount of 20%, what was the price of the camera before the discount?

SOLUTION: If you paid $160 for a camera after receiving a discount of 20%, what was the price of the camera before the discount?

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Question 1004649: If you paid $160 for a camera after receiving a discount of 20%, what was the price of the camera before the discount?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If $160 is your discounted price, then you paid 80% of the list price, or
.80(x) = $160
x = $200
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