document.write( "Question 974515: A department store has a blue blazer on sale for $114, which is 60% of the original price. What is the difference between the original price and sales price ? \r
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\n" ); document.write( "I divided 60 over 100 to get the decimal point, which came out to be 0.6. I then took the $114 and divided it by 0.6 to get the original price of 190. I then subtracted $190-$114 to get $76 to be my answer. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #596454 by josgarithmetic(39800) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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p, the original price.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"114=%283%2F5%29p\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"114%2A%285%2F3%29=p\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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