SOLUTION: After a 85% reduction, you produce a new washing machine on sale for $120. What was the original price of the washing machine? Would you do cross multiply? Making the answer

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Question 948153: After a 85% reduction, you produce a new washing machine on sale for $120. What was the original price of the washing machine?


Would you do cross multiply? Making the answer 141?
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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The reduction is 85%. So 100-85 = 15%. 120 is 15% of the original price.
120/.15 = 800 was the original price.