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After a 5% sale discount, the price of an item became $38.00. What was the original price?

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Hey! How ya doing today? :)

Let's make an equation:

(38)(100)/95

If you simplify that equation we will reach $40.

Therefore the original price was $40.

Hope you understand :)

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