Question 819527: Joyce saved $170 on an item that was 55% off. What was the original price?
How do you solve it???? Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, josgarithmetic:Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the original price of the item
Joyce bought the item for:
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What she saved was , so
The original price was $309.09
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 170 dollars was the amount that she did NOT spend, and this corresponds to 55% of the original price. She paid 45% of the original price and did not pay 55% of the original price.
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