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Sale price is $75 it was 20% off what was the original price

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Since it was 20% off, 75% is 80% (100-20) of something. We then want to find 10%, and multiply that by 10 to find the original price. Since 10% is 1/8th of 80, we divide 75 by 8 to get 9.375. Multiply that by 10 to get 93.75 dollars, the original price
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