As Armen had no enough money to buy a computer, his mother gave him the rest 3/8 of the total amount. In the store Armen noticed that due to the sale, he had one tenth of the original amount more than was needed. What part of the current price did Armen initially own ?

Step-by-step explanation:

Let $x be the original price of the computer.

As Armen had no enough money to buy a computer, his mother gave him the rest of the total amount that is Hence, Armen initially had

Now, in total (with money his mother gave him) Armen had $x.

Armen noticed that due to the sale, he had one tenth of the original amount more than was needed. So, Arment had more.

Then the current price is

To find what part of the current price did Armen initially own just divide Armen's amount by current price:

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