SOLUTION: I know the sale price of something and the percentage, I want to find the original price......can you help?

Question 122056: I know the sale price of something and the percentage, I want to find the original price......can you help?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here, let be the original price, let be the discounted price, and �.(the percentage. "Percent" means "per 100" ; 75% really means 75/100)
Set up the equation

Example :

then
$

$

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