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  • 04-03-2016
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Faye paid $16.00 for a pair of shorts that were 20% off. What was the original price?

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so paid 16
20% off
original-20%=16
that means the shorts were 100-20=80% of the original cost

percent means parts out of 100
80%=80/100=0.80

16=0.8 of ogirinal cost
'of' means mutpliy
16=0.8 times original
divide both sides by 0.8
16/0.8=ogirinal
20==originall

$20=original price

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