document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=515595>Question 515595</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A doll was sold for $45 at a loss of 10%. What was the original price?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Original Price has to be greater than 45 since it was sold at a loss, so:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Loss was only 10%, so there was a 'gain' of 90%, for want of a better term.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 90% of some number gives a loss of 45.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.9(some number) = 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "some number = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=45%2F0.9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"45%2F0.9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "some number = 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm not really comfortable with this method. Could I be, kindly, shown alternatives?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #344084 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drcole><B>drcole(72)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drcole><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=344084\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have a good method.  Here's another way to get to the same equation.  Let x be the original price.  10% of the original price is 0.10x.  If the doll was sold at a loss of 10%, then the price it was sold at would be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - 0.10x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that the doll was sold at $45, so this gives the algebraic equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x - 0.10x = 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.9x = 45 (combining like terms)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we're back to the equation you figured out in a slightly different way. </SPAN>\n" );
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