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Mindy bought a car for $5,885. This was 40% off the original price. But also Mindy got another 10% off from the original price. What was the original price\r
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document.write( "If she got 40% off of the original price and 10% off of the sale price, then this is what you do:
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document.write( "Let original price be P
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document.write( "Then sale price is: .6P
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document.write( "Since she paid 90% (1 - .1) of the sale price, she paid a final price of .9 * .6P, or .54P.
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document.write( "Now, since she paid $5,885 for it, we can say that: .54P = 5,885
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document.write( "Solve to determine P, the original price\r
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document.write( "However, if she received 40% off of the original price, and another 10% off of the original price, then
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document.write( "she got a total of 50% (40 + 10) off of the original price\r
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