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The price of $0.35per kilogram of oranges is an increase of 25% on the previous days price

The price of $0.35per kilogram of oranges is an increase of 25% on the previous days-example-1
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Given:

the price of $0.35 per kilogram of oranges is an increase of 25% on the previous days price

Required:

We need to find the price of previous day

Step-by-step explanation:

25% increase is $0.35 so

to find the original value


\begin{gathered} (100)/(25)*0.35 \\ \\ 1.4 \end{gathered}

Final answer:

The previous day price is $1.4

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