SOLUTION: Suppose you pay $16 for a shirt that has been discounted 30%. Find the original price of the shirt. Show all of your work and check your answer.

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Question 411027: Suppose you pay $16 for a shirt that has been discounted 30%. Find the original price of the shirt. Show all of your work and check your answer.
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Hi

Note: discounted 30% is the same as paying 70% of the value

 Let x represent the original cost

  .70*x = $16

      x = $16/.70 = $22.86

CHECKING our Answer***

  $22.86 - .30*$22.86 = $22.86 - $6.86 = $16