A 20% discount on pants, and its price became 48 after the sale, what was its price before

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asked Jan 19, 2021 119k views

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Damienix · Answer 1 · 2021-01-24T10:14:23+0000

Answer:

$60

Explanation:

Represent the original price by p. Then:

1.00 p = original price

0.20 p = discount

0.80p = price after discount = $48

Solving for p, we divide both sides by 0.80:

$48

p = ---------- = $60

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