At the end of the year, cars made in the current year are marked down to make room for next year's models. One particular model has a sale price of $20,727, which is 10% less than it sold for when it was new. What was the original price of the vehicle?$____
Q. At the end of the year, cars made in the current year are marked down to make room for next year's models. One particular model has a sale price of $20,727, which is 10% less than it sold for when it was new. What was the original price of the vehicle?$____
Understand Problem: Understand the problem and set up the equation.The car's sale price is $20,727 after a 10\% reduction. Let the original price be x.Sale Price = Original Price - (10\% of Original Price)$20,727=x−(0.10×x)
Set Up Equation: Simplify the equation to solve for x.$20,727=x−0.10x$20,727=0.90x
Simplify Equation: Isolate x to find the original price.x=0.90$(20,727)x=$(23,030)
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