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\n" ); document.write( "By selling a dress for $5500, a woman lost 30%. For how much should she have sold it to gain 30%
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Losing 30% means that itw's sold for 70%, or .7, which is actually $5,500
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document.write( "We then get the following PROPORTION, with selling price to gain 30%, being P: 
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document.write( ".7P = 1.3(5,500) ------ Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "P, or selling price in order to gain 30% =  \n" );
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