SOLUTION: Last month a store manager decided to decrease the prices of all items by 10%. This month he increased the prices by 10%. What would be the price for a pair of pants that had cost
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Question 1026651: Last month a store manager decided to decrease the prices of all items by 10%. This month he increased the prices by 10%. What would be the price for a pair of pants that had cost P750 before the prices were decreased last month?
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10% of 750 = 75.
he decreased the price by 75.
the new price is 675.
10% of 675 = 67.5
he increased the price by 67.5
the new price is 742.5
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