Question

after a 17% price reduction, a boat sold for $27,390. What was the boats price before the reduction?

Answer 1

to reduce a number by \(17\%\) multiply it by \(100\%-17\%=83\%=0.83\)

Answer 2

you don't know what the original price was, lets call it \(P\) but you know \[0.83P=27,390\] and yuo can solve that for \(P\)

Answer 3

33000! thank you

Answer 4

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