A customer buys a laptop for $800 after a discount of 20%. What was the marked price?
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A customer buys a laptop for $800 after a discount of 20%. What was the marked price?
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Let the marked price be x. After a 20% discount, the selling price is 0.80x. Setting this equal to $800 gives 0.80x = $800, so x = $800 / 0.80 = $1000.
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Q: A customer buys a laptop for $800 after a discount of 20%. What was the marked price?
Solution: Let the marked price be x. After a 20% discount, the selling price is 0.80x. Setting this equal to $800 gives 0.80x = $800, so x = $800 / 0.80 = $1000.
