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A jacket is on sale for 20% off the regular price. The sale price is $50. What is the regular price of the jacket?

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The jacket is $62.50 because 62.5 divided by 5 is 12.50, which is enough to bring the cost down to 50. 20 percent is equal to takin out 1/5 of the cost
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