document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=120518>Question 120518</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, can you please help me work out this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the list price of if there was a 12% discount and the sale price was $ 4400.00 dollars </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The list price minus the 12% of the list price mark-down results in the $4400 discounted<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price. If L represents the list price the equation for the discount is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L - 0.12L = 4400<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which represents the list price minus 12 percent (0.12) of the list price resulting in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4400 dollars.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Doing the subtraction on the left side reduces the equation to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.88L = 4400<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can now solve for L by dividing both sides of the equation by 0.88 to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L = 4400/0.88 = 5000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the original list price was $5000.00 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The original list price was $5000. The 12% discount was 0.12 times $5000 and this product<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is $600. So the discounted price is $5000 less $600 which does equal $4400, just as the problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "said it should.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little better.<BR>\n" );
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