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four sisters contributed equally to buy a present for thier father. They receive a 10% discount on the original price of the gift. after the discount was taken each sister paid 13.50.what was the original price of the gift?

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the original price was 59 or 60$
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You do 13.5 * 4 = 54 to get the price after discount. Then you do 54 * 1.1 = 59.40 to et the original price. So the gift was $59.40 originally.

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