SOLUTION: mr. white saved $30 by taking advantage of a 12% reduction on a television set. what would have been the price without the discount?

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Question 153656: mr. white saved $30 by taking advantage of a 12% reduction on a television set. what would have been the price without the discount?
Answer by orca(409) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the original price.
The amount of deduction in terms of x is 12%x.
So 12%x=30
Solving for x,we have
12x = 3000 (multiply both sides by 100)
x = 3000/12 (divide both sides by 12)
x = 250