SOLUTION: You have a coupon for 25% of your next meal. You save $3 on your meal. What was the original cost of your meal?

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Question 1012437: You have a coupon for 25% of your next meal. You save $3 on your meal. What was the original cost of your meal?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you got 25% off the regular price and that amounted to $3, then we can find the original cost (we'll call it x) by a proportion:
.25+%2F+3+=+1.00+%2F+x
Now cross-multiply and get
.25x = 3
Now divide by .25 and get
x = 3/.25 = $12