A few days ago
Sara H

math help!? percentages?

a car dealership has marked down the price of one of its cars by 15%. after the reduction the price of the car is 8,000 dollars. what was the original price of the car?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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100% – 15% = 85%

8000 / 85 = 94.18

94.18 * 100 = 9418

the car was originally $9418

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A few days ago
lnh4u
The original price would = x, you are taking away 15% from the whole price to =8000. So the equation would look like 1*x-.15*x=$8000. Which simplifies to .85*x = $8000. Then solve for x. Which if you don’t know how to do this, you divide the .85 into 8000, and you will have the original price of the car.
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A few days ago
Danielle
$9200

how to do this:

8000 x 0.15 = 1200

and 1200 to 8000

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A few days ago
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let X be the original price, then

X – 0.15 X = 8000

0.85 X = 8000

X = 8000/0.85 = 9411.8

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