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A jewelry shop is having a sale. A bracelet is now reduced to £420. This is 70% of the original price. Work out the original price of the bracelet.

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70%-420
100%-x

x= (420*100)/70= 600

The original price of the given bracelet is required.

The original price of the bracelet was £600.

The reduced price of the bracelet is £420.

The percentage of the original amount is 70%

The can also be written as [tex]\dfrac{70}{100}=0.7[/tex]

Let the original price be [tex]x[/tex]

New price is given by

[tex]0.7x=420\\\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{420}{0.7}\\\Rightarrow x=600[/tex]

The original price of the bracelet was £600.

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