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A car is discounted 10% and sells for $15,673. What was the original price?

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Answer:
$1741.44
Explanation:
The discounted amount is 100% -10% = 90% of the original. The amount of the discount is 10% of the original, or 1/9 of the discounted amount:
10% = 90% × 1/9
The discount was ...
$15,673/9 = 1,741.44
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The original is the sum of the discounted amount and the discount:
original price = $15,673.00 +1,741.44 = $17, 414.44
10% of that value is 1,741.44, as shown above.
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