SOLUTION: YOU HAVE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM BELOW ALREADY. BUT I DON'T UNDESTAND WHERE THE .88X COMES FROM. PLEASE SHOW ME HOW YOU ENDED UP WITH .88X TO SOLVE THIS EQUATION.
X-.12=924
.88X=924
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X-.12=924
.88X=924
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Question 125368: YOU HAVE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM BELOW ALREADY. BUT I DON'T UNDESTAND WHERE THE .88X COMES FROM. PLEASE SHOW ME HOW YOU ENDED UP WITH .88X TO SOLVE THIS EQUATION.
X-.12=924
.88X=924
X=924/.88.
You want to order a new computer. The manufacturer is offering a dicount of 12% off the original price of the computer. With the discount $924.What is the original price of the computer? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You want to order a new computer. The manufacturer is offering a dicount of 12% off the original price of the computer. With the discount $924.What is the original price of the computer?
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Let x = original price
then
.12x = the amt of the 12% discount
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When you see x, it actually means 1x or 1.0x
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So we have:
original price - discount = $924
1.0x - .12x = 924
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.88x = 924; (You subtracted .12 from 1.00)
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x =
x = $1050 was the original price
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