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Help With A Math Problem!

Love my grandkids — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:05:05 GMT

I'm usually good at what I call "regular" math but never can figure out this kind of thing, never could in school either:

A merchant is offering something for $49 which is 75% off the regular price.

How do I figure out what the regular price is? Thanks!

Re: Help With A Math Problem!

ahoymate — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:08:30 GMT

Google is your friend!

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CLHS68 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:09:54 GMT

I would say the regular price would have been $196. But with new math who knows.

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beckyb1012 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:21:46 GMT

Would you add $36.75 to the $49.00 to get the original price?

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Sheila P-Burg — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:33:39 GMT

The original price would be around $66.00.

From what must be the answer guess you can tell math isn't my specialty!

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Mom2Dogs — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:27:06 GMT

Math, never liked it but for some reason I love numbers...doing a budget, reconciling 3 checkbooks every month..etc., etc.

I find it funny there are several answers to this question...I will not even try to figure out what the price should be.

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KKJ — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:27:54 GMT

CLHS68 is right---it's $196.

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wildcat fan — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:29:25 GMT

$49 would be 1/4 of the value, so value would be $196.

ETA: $49 x 4

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shebamom — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:29:02 GMT

Evidently, the $49 is 25% of the regular price. I would multiply the 49 by 4 and come up with $196.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:30:39 GMT

Yup - $196 is right.

If you take that times .25 it comes out to the $49.

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ThinkingOutLoud — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:32:29 GMT

Regular price is about $200:
50% of $200 = $100

1/2 that would be another 25% = $50

Another way to verify:

25% off $200 = $50

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alicedee — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:33:10 GMT

@wildcat fan wrote:
$49 would be 1/4 of the value, so value would be $196.

ETA: $49 x 4

I read the problem and immediately my mind glazed over lol! I wish you had been my math teacher, @wildcat fan !

Re: Help With A Math Problem!

Jersey Born — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:33:40 GMT

@CLHS68 Is correct.

We know that if we take 100% of the price and subtract 75% from it, we will be left with 25% of the the full price.

$49 = 25% of the full price.

So, $49 = 1/4 of the full price, because 25%, or 25/100 can be reduced to 1/4.

You then set up an equation. 49 = 1 X is the number we want to determine.

X 4

Then, you cross multiply and get 1X = 49 times 4, or X = 196

So, the full price is $196.00.

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LTT1 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:35:10 GMT

@Sheila P-Burg

@Love my grandkids

.75x = 49

divide both sides by .75

49/.75 = 65.3333333

$65.33 = original price

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chickenbutt — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:37:59 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
@Sheila P-Burg
@Love my grandkids

.75x = 49
divide both sides by .75
49/.75 = 65.3333333

$65.33 = original price

But, the $49 is only 25% of the original price, not 75% of the original price. It is 75% OFF that comes to $49.

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:48:40 GMT

Thanks to all who got the right price of $196. I know someone who was able to get the original price which was $195!

Thanks to all and I knew $66 and change was not the price.

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KKJ — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:00:03 GMT

I must say thanks to the OP for this as it took me longer to figure out than I thought it would and realized I need to work more on my math skills!

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Peaches McPhee — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:20:43 GMT

I've never been good with percents, and use this type of calculator often, especially at work.

https://www.calculator.net/percent-calculator.html

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germanshepherdlove — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:24:12 GMT

If it was a multiple choice question, I'm sure we all would have come up with the right answer.

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Sooner — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 20:29:15 GMT

You can divide 75 by 49. Not saying that it would give you a good answer but it is possible to divide 75 by 49. There! Does that help?

You now have the sum total of my math skills! I can't do math even with a calculator!