document.write( "Question 947231: A shirt is on sale for 40% off. The sale price is $12 What was the original price? What was the amount of the discount
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Let $\"p\"$ = the original price
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+p+=+12.5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The original price was $12.50
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+12.5+-+12+=+.5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The amount of the discount was $.50
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