document.write( "Question 178708: At the end of the year, a car dealer advertises that the list prices on all of last year's models have been discounted by 15%. What was the original price of the car that now carries a discounted price of $6,849.30 \n" ); document.write( "

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Call the original price $\"p\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"p+-+.15p+=+6849.3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"p%2A%281+-+.15%29+=+6849.3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\".85p+=+6849.3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"p+=+6849.3%2F.85\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"p+=+8%2C058\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The original price was $8,058.00 \n" ); document.write( "

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