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If the price of an object dropped 35% down to $91,000, what was the original price?
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If the price of an object dropped 35% down to $91,000, what was the original price?

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You would write this as 65/100 = 91000/x. You would then cross multiply. So it would be 65x = 9100000. Then divide 9100000/65. The answer is 140,000
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$91,000 x 1.35 = $122,850 for the original price
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