document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=37329>Question 37329</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having a difficult time with this equation - as the teacher says it is one way, and from what I remember of algebra, it is read something totally different please HELP!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A pair of shoes sell for $100.00.  Employee of the store tells you that the shoes sold for 25% more last week.  How much did the shoes cost week ago? (apologies for the grammatical error, this is just word for word.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "my solution that I came up with is that the present price is $100.00, and that the original price is less 25%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so I worked it to being X - .25X = $100.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "making it .75X = $100.00\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and then dividing both sides by .75, I resulted in the answer equalling $133.33\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The teacher is coming up with $125 as the solution, but when I double check the work, my answer seems to be the correct one, and his comes up to being only 20% more than the resulting answer of $100.00 and not 25% more per the stated portion of the question....please help explain the proper steps and if I am right or not </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #22970 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=22970\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> shoes now $100. They were originally $x. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ALL precentages work on the ORIGINAL so we figure out what 25% of x is, take this away from x and that has to be 100.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So: start with x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25% of x MEANS (25/100)x which is 0.25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we take this from x: x-0.25x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the mathematical bit for the reduction is 0.75x, which you had.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And this equals 100, so 0.75x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> x = 100/0.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> x = $133.33\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If your teacher gave $125 as the answer then i hope to God that they are suffering from some mental abberation. If not, and that was their best attempt at this question then they should not be a maths teacher.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jon.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon.<BR>\n" );
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