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  • 15-11-2019
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A shoe store is selling a pair of shoes for $60. The discount was 25%. What was the original price of the shoes?

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  • 15-11-2019

Answer:

$80

Step-by-step explanation:

let x be the original price. the discount was 25%, so $60 is 75% of the original cost. we can set up this formula:

[tex]\frac{60}{x}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{75}{100}[/tex]

cross multiply: 6000 = 75x

divide each side by 75: 80 = x

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