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Help Please! A runner saved $25 when he purchased a pair of tennis shoes on sale. If the sale price was 35% off the regular price, what was the regular price of the tennis shoes?

F $71.43 G $60.00 H $51.23 J $8.75​

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Answer:

Option F: $71.43 is the correct answer.

Explanation:

By the question we can observe that 35% of regular price is $25 so this information will be used to calculate the original price of the shoes.

Let

P be the price of shoes

and d be the discount

So


d = \$25\\P=?

The discount is 35% of P so


d = 35\%\ of\ P\\25 = 0.35 * P\\P = (25)/(0.35)\\P = 71.42857...

Rounding off to the nearest hundredth

The regular price is: $17.43

Hence, option F: $71.43 is the correct answer.

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