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Jane paid $40 an item after she recieved a 20% discount. Jane's friend says this means that the original price of the item was $48. How do you think Jane's freind arrived at this amount? Is her friend
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Jane paid $40 an item after she recieved a 20% discount. Jane's friend says this means that the original price of the item was $48. How do you think Jane's freind arrived at this amount? Is her friend correct? Why or why not?

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40 = 80% of the original price

The answer cannot be 48 because 40 is not 80% of 48

The original price was $50.

40 is 80% of 50.
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