SOLUTION: Simple price asking problem. Is my set up for, "The price of a car with 18% discount is $19,680. What was the original price of the car? I wrote it as 18% x 19,680 = Is t

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Question 677133: Simple price asking problem. Is my set up for, "The price of a car with 18% discount is $19,680. What was the original price of the car?
I wrote it as 18% x 19,680 =
Is this the correct set up? Percentage times the price?

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Simple price asking problem. Is my set up for, "The price of a car with 18% discount is $19,680. What was the original price of the car?
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Price - 18% = Price*82% = 0.82*Price
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0.82*Price = 19680
Price = 19680/0.82
Price = $24000