Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number or numbers described in the following
exercise.
-After a $13 \%$ price reduction, a boat sold for $\$ 22,620$. What was the boat's price before the reduction? (Round to the nearest cent, if necessary.)
A) $\$ 26,000$
B) $\$ 2940.60$
C) $\$ 174,000.00$
D) $\$ 25,560.60$

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The boat's price after a 13% reduction is 87% of its original price. So, $ \$22,620 = 0.87 \times \text{original price} $. Solving for the original price gives $ \text{original price} = \frac{\$22,620}{0.87} = \$26,000 $.

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