document.write( "Question 1099474: Find the original price of a pair of shoes if the sale price is $70 after a 60% discount \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Tutor ikleyn apparently misread this problem....

\n" ); document.write( "If the discount was 60%, the amount paid was 40% of the original price. So
\n" ); document.write( "\"0.40x+=+70\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+175\"

\n" ); document.write( "The original price was $175.
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