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A car dealership increased the price of a certain car by 13%. The original price was $47400 what is the new price?

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Answer:

$53,562

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Explanation:

To get the new price of the car multiply the original price by the percent increase in decimal form +1. 11% in decimal form is 0.11 = 11/100. Add one to this and you get 1.11 = 1 + 0.11. So now multiply $49,800 * 1.11 = $55,278. If the problem had said they decreased the price by 11% you would use 1 - 0.11 = 0.89 because 89% is 11% less than 100%.

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