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A store is having a sale to celebrate President day. Every item in the store is adveritised as one- fifth off the original price. If an item is marked with a sale of $140,what was its original price?
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A store is having a sale to celebrate President day. Every item in the store is adveritised as one- fifth off the original price. If an item is marked with a sale of $140,what was its original price?

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$140 divided by 4 is $35 which is a fifth of the original price so u multiply that 5 to get 5 fifths which is $175

The original is $175
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