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Question 24: Joyce paid $144.00 for an item at the store that was 20 percent off the original price. What was the original price? Give your answer to the nearest cert.

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Given in the question:

a.) Joyce paid $144.00 for an item at the store that was 20 percent off the original price.

To be able to determine the original price of the item Joyce bought, we will be using this formula:


\text{ Original Price = }\frac{Discounted\text{ Price}}{\frac{\text{ 100\% - Discount Percentage}}{100}}

We get,


\text{ Original Price = }\frac{Discounted\text{ Price}}{\frac{\text{ 100\% - Discount Percentage}}{100}}
\text{ Original Price = }\frac{\text{ \$144}}{\frac{\text{ 100\% - 2}0\text{\%}}{100}}
\text{ = }\frac{\text{ \$144}}{\frac{\text{ 8}0\text{\%}}{100}}\text{ = }\frac{\text{ \$144}}{0.80}
\text{Original Price = \$180}

Therefore, the original price of the item Joyce bought is $180.

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