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Question 547545: I am trying to find the original price of a sweater that was reduced by $5.00 because of a 30% off sale. How do i find this?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the original price be x
30% dicount
30%of x=5
0.3x=5
x=5/0.3
price = $16.66