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A store has a 10% off sale on pants. With this discount, the price of one pair of pants before tax is $17.10 What was the original price of the pants?

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Answer:

$171

Explanation:

A store has a 10% off sale on pants. With this discount, the price of one pair of pants before tax is $17.10 What was the original price of the pants?

Let x represent the original price of the pair of pants

From the question, we know that:

10% of x = $17.10

10/100 × x = $17.10

10x/100 = $17.10

Cross Multiply

10x = 100 × $17.10

10x = 1710

x = 1710/10

x = $171

Hence, the original price of the pants = $171

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