SOLUTION: After a 13% discount, a new DVD player was selling for $217.50. What was the original price of the DVD player?

SOLUTION: After a 13% discount, a new DVD player was selling for $217.50. What was the original price of the DVD player?

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Question 891883: After a 13% discount, a new DVD player was selling for $217.50. What was the original price of the DVD player?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = original price

x - (13% of x) = 217.50

x - 0.13x = 217.50

0.87x = 217.50

x = 217.50/0.87

x = 250

The original price was $250
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