SOLUTION: a jacket costs 80 % more than a pair of jeans. difference in price is 36 dollars.What is the cost of the jacket.
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Question 581410: a jacket costs 80 % more than a pair of jeans. difference in price is 36 dollars.What is the cost of the jacket.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
36/0.80=$45
The $36 is 80% of the cost of the jacket so by dividing
you get the jacket total.
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