A pair of shoes is on sale for 80 percent of the orignal price the sale price is 60 dollars what is the orignal price

Danton asked Aug 24, 2022

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Danton asked Aug 24, 2022

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Answer:

the original price was $75

Explanation:

they are asking for the price of the shoes minus 20%.

to find the original price you do op (original price) = sale price/1-discount.

60/1-0.2 =op

60/0.8=75

Nalan answered Aug 29, 2022

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