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  • 09-10-2018
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Tom paid $245.97 for a laptop. This was 3/5 of the original price. What was the original price?

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RiverShinesDragon
RiverShinesDragon RiverShinesDragon
  • 09-10-2018

Let's make the mysterious, original price not-so-mysterious by calling it x. 245.97 is 3/5 of x.

We can equation this.

245.97 = 3/5x

x = 245.97 / (3/5)

x = 409.95

The answer, I believe, is $409.95. Hope this helps!

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