document.write( "Question 1197848: After reducing the regular selling price by one-sixth, a store sold a television for $725. What was the
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document.write( "Let x be the original price.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The problem says   = 725.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It implies  x =  = 6*145 = 870.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The original selling price was $870.\r\n" );
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