document.write( "Question 1012305: A shopkeeper offers a 25% discount on the marked price of an item. In oder for the item to now cost $48.00, what should the market price be? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #628192 by fractalier(6550) You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the item now costs $48 and has been discounted 25%, then this $48 represents 75% of the market price. We can write this as \n" ); document.write( ".75x = 48 \n" ); document.write( "x = 48/.75 = $64 \n" ); document.write( " |