SOLUTION: After a 14% price reduction, a boat sold for $22,360. What was the boat's price before the reduction? (Round to the nearest cent, if necessary.)
Question 212868: After a 14% price reduction, a boat sold for $22,360. What was the boat's price before the reduction? (Round to the nearest cent, if necessary.) Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! After a 14% price reduction, a boat sold for $22,360. What was the boat's price before the reduction? (Round to the nearest cent, if necessary.)
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Let x = price of the boat before the reduction
:
x - .14x = 22360
.86x = 22360
x =
x = $26,000
