Question 125004
If you want to find a reduction of 20% and you don't have the original number, then you need to assign the original price an unknown(x)and subtract 20% from x.
Thus we have the following equation.
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(X-.2X)=12,590 SALE PRICE MINUS 20% OF THIS PRICE EQUALS $12,590.
.8X=12,590
X=12,590/.8
X=$15,737.50 WAS THE ORIGINAL PRICE.