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Please help whenever I do this i always get 306 but that's incorrect.

Please help whenever I do this i always get 306 but that's incorrect.-example-1
User Stack
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Answer:

the original price is 153

Explanation:

leather jacket is 102 sale price

the sale is 1/3 of original price

the original price=1/2 its price=sale price

x-1/3x=102

2/3 x=102

2x=306

x=306/2

x=153 dollars

User NicoRiff
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Answer:

$153

Explanation:

Divide by 100-sale%

102/.66666=

$153

Check: 153x.666666=102 YES

User Wing Choy
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