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Nikhil gets paid a 5 percent commission on every pair of shoes that he sells. He earned $1.00 on the last pair of shoes that he sold. The expression that can be used to represent x, the price of the shoes, is mc005-1.jpg What was the price of the shoes?

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Answer:

$20.00 is the correct answer

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User Rehban Khatri
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5% of what is 1.00....
0.05x = 1
x = 1 / 0.05
x = 20 <== price of the shoes
User Nirsky
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