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Ian suffered a loss of 10% when his watch was sold at $90. How much should he have sold his watch if he wanted to make a gain of 20%?​

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Step-by-step explanation:

This problem is a simple percent chage problem. The absoluge change in price was $12−$8=$4. Relative to the original price, it was 412, which is 0.3333 or 33.33%.

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