SOLUTION: A jacket is on sale for 70% of the original price. If the discount saves 45, what is the original price of the jacket?
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Question 786553: A jacket is on sale for 70% of the original price. If the discount saves 45, what is the original price of the jacket?
Answer by dfollett76(12) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the jacket is sold for %70 of the original price, then the buyer saves 30% since (100-70 = 30). Thus,
Now solve the equation for P.
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