Ipaid $14.96 for a shirt. i got 35% off the original price. what was the original price

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35% = $14.96
100% = x

Cross multiply

35 * x = 14.96 * 100

35x = 1496

35x/35 = 1496/35

x = 42.74

Thus,

The original price was $42.74

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Let’s look at this. Since you got 35 percent off of the original price, 14.96 was 65 percent of the original price. Let’s make an equation to find 14.96.
0.65x=14.96
We need x by itself, so let’s divide each side by 0.65.
X=23.0153846
Since it can only be up to two decimal places, we need to round.
23.02
Let’s make sure this is right.
23.02•.35
8.057
Let’s subtract.
23.02-8.057
14.963
14.96
So the original price was $23.02.