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Shen bought a desk on sale for $218.40. This price was 72% less than the original price. What was the original price?

User Filbert
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Answer:

780

Explanation:

In this example we will call Original Price = y

72%=0.72

218.40=0.72*y

1-0.72=0.28

218.4÷0.28=780

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