SOLUTION: An item is being sold for 240 dollars at a 36% discount, what is the original price of the item?
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Question 857804: An item is being sold for 240 dollars at a 36% discount, what is the original price of the item?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
240 = .64x (1.00 less the .36 discount)
Divide each side by .64
375 = x (the original price)
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Prove it by doing it backward.
375 * .36 = 135 (the discount)
375 - 135 = 240
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