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a car dealer paid a certain price for a car and marked it up by 7/5of the price he paid later he sold it for 24,000 what is the original price?
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a car dealer paid a certain price for a car and marked it up by 7/5of the price he paid later he sold it for 24,000 what is the original price?

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Let the original price be $ 100X

Marked up price = 7/5 x 100X = $140X

140X = $24,000

100X = 100/140 X 24000 = $ 17,142.86 ANSWER
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