Yuki bought a dress on sale for $72. The sale price was 60% of the original price. What was the original price of the dress?
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Yuki bought a dress on sale for $\$ 72$ . The sale price was 60$\%$ of the original price. What was the original price of the dress?
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The price of a dress is reduced by $40 \% .$ When the dress still does not sell, it is reduced by $40 \%$ of the reduced price. If the price of the dress after both reductions is $\$ 72,$ what was the original price?
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