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7. The department store had a 15%-off sale on
all merchandise. They took in $8,500 on the
first day of the sale. If they had sold the same
merchandise at the original price, how much
would have been taken in?
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Answer 1

If the department store had a 15% off sale on all merchandise, it means that customers paid only 85% of the original price for each item. So, if they took in $8,500 on the first day of the sale, we can set up an equation to solve for the original amount:

Let X be the original amount taken in on the first day of the sale.

Then, we can write:

85% of X = $8,500

0.85X = $8,500

Dividing both sides by 0.85, we get:

X = $10,000

Therefore, if they had sold the same merchandise at the original price, they would have taken in $10,000 on the first day of the sale.