SOLUTION: If the price of dress in now 1800 and it has under gone successive reduction of 20% and 10% what is price originally ?

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Question 1139455: If the price of dress in now 1800 and it has under gone successive reduction of 20% and 10% what is price originally ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p original price

First price reduction:

Second price reduction:


The price is now 1800 whatever the money units, after these two reductions.

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Simplify and solve.

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