Sure Fire Auto Supplies marked down its entire stock of imported tires 30% on Wednesday only. The sale price of all tires was $79. What will be the price to the nearest cent, of each tire on Thursday when the tires are marked back to their original price?

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ajspeller · Answer

.7x=79

70% of some items leaves a new price of $79

Solve for x.

ajspeller · Answer

x represents the original price

anonymous · Answer

i got a wrong answer still .

ajspeller · Answer

112.85714286 = $112.86 Original Price

anonymous · Answer

ooh i put a 5 instead of a 6 :p

anonymous · Answer

Thankk you (: