SOLUTION: a 35% discount reduced the price of a table by $128 what was the original price?

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Question 947790: a 35% discount reduced the price of a table by $128 what was the original price?
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Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The discount of 128 was 35% of the price x. We are saying:
128 = 0.35x Divide both sides by 0.35:
128/0.35 = x
x = 365.71
Solution: The original price was $365.71
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a 35% discount reduced the price of a table by $128 what was the original price?
Original price: $365.7142857 ≈   

  

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