document.write( "Question 1046499: mike buys last year's best selling novel, in hardcover, for $26.35. This is with a 15% discount from the original price. What was the original price of the novel?
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Let $\"+p+\"$ = the original price
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+p+=+31+\"$
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