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A car dealer paid a certain price for a car and marked it up by seven fifths of the price he paid. Later, he sold it for $24,000. What is the original price? I dont get this,can someone explain to me how
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A car dealer paid a certain price for a car and marked it up by seven fifths of the price he paid. Later, he sold it for $24,000. What is the original price? I dont get this,can someone explain to me how to solve the problem, that would help a lot.

User Anton Manevskiy
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x= original price
(7/5) x=24000
x=(5/7)24000
x=17143
The original price as $17,143
HOPE IT HELPS (:

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