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buy a car for 3895 15 % was inclusive what was original price. working out please Thanks Alan
Question asked by: crofter

Asked on: 03 Oct 2009

£3895 is the original price + 15%.

You need to work out the original price in this percentage based maths homework question.

So you can state it like this:

£3895 = 115%

Now you can see to get the original divide by 1.15 to get £3387

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Replied at: 11 Oct 2009
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