document.write( "Question 289026: a dress was sold for 1500 after a discount of 25%. what was the original price of the dress? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let the original price be P.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the discount will be 25% of P, or 0.25P\r\n" );
document.write( "We subtract the discount 0.25P from the original price P to get \r\n" );
document.write( "the sale price 1500\r\n" );
document.write( "    P - 0.25P = 1500\r\n" );
document.write( "1.00P - 0.25P = 1500\r\n" );
document.write( "        0.75P = 1500\r\n" );
document.write( "            P = 1500/0.75\r\n" );
document.write( "            P = 2000\r\n" );
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