SOLUTION: A dress is marked down by 20% in an effort to boost sales for one week. After that week, the price of the dress is brought back to the original value. What percent did the price o
Question 1073700: A dress is marked down by 20% in an effort to boost sales for one week. After that week, the price of the dress is brought back to the original value. What percent did the price of the dress have to be increased from it's discounted price? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The price won't affect the answer,
so, I'll say the dress costs $125
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Then it gets marked down by 20%, so
the discounted price is:
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Then the price goes back to $125
From the discounted price, the dress
got increased by
25%
