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Kim bought a pair of shoes on sale for $\$ 40.50 .$ The sale price was 45$\%$ of the original price. What was the original price of the shoes?
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We can represent this as a proportion, where the sale price is the part and the original price is the whole. So, we have $\frac{45}{100} = \frac{40.50}{x}$, where x is the original price. Show more…
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