document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=259689>Question 259689</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A store determines a camera’s retail price by marking up its wholesale price by <BR>\n" );
document.write( "twenty percent. If the store then discounts all cameras by taking twenty percent off their retail price, and the sales price is $76.80, what is the wholesale price of the cameras?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #191144 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=191144\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.2x-.2(1.2x)=76.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2x-.24x=76.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".96x=76.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=76.80/.96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=$80.00 the wholesale price.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2*80-.2(1.2*80)=76.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96-.2*96=76.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96-19.2=76.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "76.80=76.80 </SPAN>\n" );
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