marykate33 marykate33
  • 02-12-2020
  • Mathematics
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the sale price of an item is $160 after a 20% discount what was the original price of the item

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morgarmstrong380 morgarmstrong380
  • 02-12-2020

Answer:

200

Step-by-step explanation:

Because first you divide 160 by 4 (100-20=80, 80/100 simplified is 4/5) and you get 40. Then you multiply 40 by 5 and you get 200. Their are many ways to solve it. I personally think this is the easiest.

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BangChan8
BangChan8 BangChan8
  • 02-12-2020
200$ is the original price.
20% of 200 is 40 so 200-40 is 160 which is the price of the item while on sale
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