At a sale, Zeus of Olympus bought a fan for $140. This was 70% of its usual price. What was the usual price of the fan?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-24T18:09:18

$200

$x$ $x$ represents the original price. 70% of that price is 140, which can be represented by the equation.

$0.7 x = 140$ $0.7x = 140$

Therefore $x = \frac{140}{0.7}$ $x = 140/0.7$

$x = 200$ $x = 200$

Answer 2 · 2016-09-24T18:16:12

$$ \frac{140}{70} \times 100 = $ 200$ $$140/70xx100 = $200$

Find the original price by dividing the sold price of $$ 140$ $$140$ by the percentage $70 %$ $70%$ ,

$\frac{140}{70}$ $140/70$

and multiply it by $100 .$ $100.$

$(\frac{140}{70}) \times 100 = $ 200$ $(140/70)xx100 = $200$

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It is because $70 %$ $70%$ of $$ 200$ $$200$ is

$\frac{70}{100} \times 200 = $ 140$ $70/100xx 200 = $140$