SOLUTION: In a mythical country, where the number system is base 5, the price of soap is increased by 40 base 5 percent. What percent of the original price is the final price? Leave your an
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Question 1012748: In a mythical country, where the number system is base 5, the price of soap is increased by 40 base 5 percent. What percent of the original price is the final price? Leave your answer in base 5)
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
40-base-5 is 20-base-ten.
So if you raise the price of an item 20%, say from $100 to $120, the final price is 120% of the original (in base ten)...
120-base-ten is 440-base-five.
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