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  • 22-07-2019
  • Mathematics
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A woman bought a dress at a discount of 16 2/3%. If the woman paid $32.50, what was the original price of the dress?

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TaeKwonDoIsDead
TaeKwonDoIsDead TaeKwonDoIsDead
  • 30-07-2019

Answer:

$39

Step-by-step explanation:

Let original price be x, so we need to subtract 16 2/3 % from that to get 32.50

So we can write:

[tex]100x-16\frac{2}{3}x=3250\\83\frac{1}{3}x=3250\\x=39[/tex]

So basically, the original price was $39.

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