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If the price of an object dropped 65% down to $99.99, what was the original price?
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If the price of an object dropped 65% down to $99.99, what was the original price?

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The answer is 153.83. Because if you multiply 99.99 by .65, thats the answer
User Eimerreis
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If the price of an object dropped 65% down it means that 35% is $99.99, well,
then we make a proportion and solve 99.99 multiply by 100 and divide by 35,
then we get the original price $285,7

maybe I have a mistake)
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