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Heidi purchased a used car. She made a down payment of 1504. This was 16% of the purchase price, what’s the price of the used car. I need to see the steps to solve this problem

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We have

1504 represents 16%

? represents 100%

In order to calculate the 100% and find the price of the car, we will do the operation


\frac{1504*100\text{ \%}}{16\text{ \%}}=(150400)/(16)=9400

ANSWER

$9400 is the price of the used car

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