A car dealer discounts the price of a new car by 10%. The discounted price is $16,200. What was the price of the car before the discount

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Answer:

$18,000

Step-by-step explanation:

10% off means that the price is now 90% of the original price. In mathy terms if x is the original price, that means it's 0.90x of the price.

They tell us that the discounted price is $16,200. Hey! we've established that 0.90x is also the price after the discount, so we can equal them to each other: 16200 = 0.90x.

Now, we solve for x (the OG price)

16200/0.9 = x = 18000