SOLUTION: Find the original price of a pair of shoes if the sale price is $70 after a 60% discount

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Question 1099474: Find the original price of a pair of shoes if the sale price is $70 after a 60% discount
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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0.6x = 70.

x = dollars.


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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Oops!

Tutor ikleyn apparently misread this problem....

If the discount was 60%, the amount paid was 40% of the original price. So



The original price was $175.

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