document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=153656>Question 153656</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mr. white saved $30 by taking advantage of a 12% reduction on a television set. what would have been the price without the discount? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The amount of deduction in terms of x is 12%x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So 12%x=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving for x,we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x = 3000   (multiply both sides by 100)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3000/12  (divide both sides by 12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 250<BR>\n" );
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