SOLUTION: a store reduced the price of an appliance to $651. This is a 16% discount. Set up and solve an equation for the original price

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Question 647264: a store reduced the price of an appliance to $651. This is a 16% discount. Set up and solve an equation for the original price
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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a store reduced the price of an appliance to $651.
This is a 16% discount.
let's the original price be x
solution:
x=651%2B%2816%2F100%29x
x=651%2B0.16x
x-0.16x=651
x%281-0.16%29=651
0.84x=651
x=651%2F0.84
x=775............the original price
and a 16% discount was 0.16x=0.16%2A775=124