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The selling pirce of a television in a retail store is $66 less than 3 times the wholesale price.if the selling proce of a television is 899, write and solve an equation to find the wholesale price of the television

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Let the wholesale price be w.

The selling price = 3w - 66

We also know the actual selling price, $ 899

899 = 3w - 66

3w = 965

w = 321.6666666667 ≈ 321.67

Hence, the wholesale price is $ 321.67
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