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A phone is on sale: 30% off! The phone now costs £128. How much did the phone cost before the sale?​

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If the phone is on sale for 30% off, this means the phone has had 30% of its original price taken off to arrive at the new price of £128. To find the original price of the phone, we can use the equation:

Original price = Sale price / (1 - Discount percentage)

In this case:

Original price = 128 / (1 - 0.30)

When we calculate this we get:

Original price = 128 / 0.7

Original price = £183.33

So the phone cost £183.33 before the sale.

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