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Question 943389: After a 70% reduction, you purchase a new cloths dryer on sale for $228. What was the original price of the clothes dryer? Answer by fion6002(19) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x be the original price of the clothes dryer
70% reduction means 30% of the price will be left for the clothes dryer (100%-70%)
x*30%=228
x*0.3=228
x*0.3/0.3=228/0.3
x=$760
Therefore the original price of the clothes dryer is $760
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