SOLUTION: A dishwasher is marked "reduced by 35%, now only $240.00." Find the original price of the dishwasher.

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Question 59628: A dishwasher is marked "reduced by 35%, now only $240.00." Find the original price of the dishwasher.
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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A dishwasher is marked "reduced by 35%, now only $240.00." Find the original price of the dishwasher.
Let the original price be:x
Then the discount is: .35x
The original price-discount=sales price
x-.35x=240
.65x=240
.65x/.65=240/.65
x=$369.23
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