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Gabe buys a suitcase during the sale. If Gabe pays $63, what was the original price?
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User Cylon Cat
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Answer:

$90

Explanation:

63/(1-.3)=63/.7=90

User TimeBenter
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Answer: $90

Basically all you have to do is take 100 - the percent taken off, convert it to decimal form, and divide the price by that number.

It looks like this:

100%-30% = 70%

70% to a decimal is 0.70

63$/0.70 = $90

User Wasiq Bhamla
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