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“HOT PIZZA” is offering a 20% discount on all its pizzas

Ali orders a pizza for the reduced price of £5.60

what was the original price of the pizza?

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Answer:

p = £7.00

Explanation:

Represent the original price by p. Then 0.80p = £5.60, or p = £7.00.

If a price is discounted by 20%, the discounted price is (1 - 0.20), or 0.80, times the original price.

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