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If 15% of an item is $6.00 what is the original price

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15% of X number is 6.00$

15X=6.00$ x 100

15X=600.00$

X=600.00$÷ 15

X=40.00$

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Answer:

The original price of the item is $40.00

Step-by-step explanation:

It is $40.00 because 15 x 6 = 90. So, Since we multiplied 15 by 6, we have to multiply 6 by 6. So, 6 x 6 = 36. 90% = $36. We still have 10% left, so now we divide 15 by 3 to get 5. So now we divide 6 by 3 to get 2. So, 5% = $2. We are at $38 now. We have 5% more to go. We do the same thing all over again so, 15 divided by 3 is 5, and 6 divided by 3 is 2. So we add another 5% ($2) to get 100% ($40).

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