SOLUTION: A department store has a blue blazer on sale for $114, which is 60% of the original price. What is the difference between the original price and sales price ? My work: I di

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Question 974515: A department store has a blue blazer on sale for $114, which is 60% of the original price. What is the difference between the original price and sales price ?

My work:
I divided 60 over 100 to get the decimal point, which came out to be 0.6. I then took the $114 and divided it by 0.6 to get the original price of 190. I then subtracted $190-$114 to get $76 to be my answer.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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p, the original price.

114=%2860%2F100%29%2Ap

114=%283%2F5%29p

114%2A%285%2F3%29=p