a box or laundry detergent is on sale for $6.50. If this price represents a 40% discount from the original price, what is the original price to the nearest cent?

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a box or laundry detergent is on sale for $6.50. If this price represents a 40% discount from the original price, what is the original price to the nearest cent?

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to solve the question, you divide 6.50 by 60%, or 0.60

the answer to that is $10.83

Lvd answered Oct 19, 2017

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The discount is $2.60. $6.50 + $2.60 = $9.10. $9.10 is the original price.

Sergey Grishchev answered Oct 22, 2017

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