SOLUTION: The dress store is having a sale where all merchandise is 1/4 off. A woman buys 42$ of merchandise at the sale price. What would she have had to pay at the regular price?

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Question 1162585: The dress store is having a sale where all merchandise is 1/4 off. A woman buys 42$ of merchandise at the sale price. What would she have had to pay at the regular price?
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42  dollars is   3%2F4   of the regular cost.

Hence,  the regular cost is   %2842%2F3%29%2A4 = 14*4 = 56  dollars.         ANSWER