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A store has an item on sale for 30% which represents a discount of $27.75. What is the original price of this item?

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MrCreighton
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  • 04-04-2019

So we have to reverse engineer into this answer.

we know that 30% of some number equals 27.75

so .3x=27.75

Divide both sides by .3

x= 92.50

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