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A store offers a 15% discount on a skirt. If Bernice pays $40.80 for the skirt, what was the list price of the skirt before the discount?
$61.00

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The list price of the skirt before the discount was [tex]\$48[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x------> the list price of the skirt before the discount

we know that

[tex]15\%=\frac{15}{100} =0.15[/tex]

[tex]x(1-0.15)=40.80[/tex]

solve for x

[tex]0.85x=40.80[/tex]

Divide by [tex]0.85[/tex] both sides

[tex]0.85x/0.85=40.80/0.85[/tex]

[tex]x=\$48[/tex]

Answer: 48$

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