A suit was marked with a 10% discount. If the discount is $16.00, what was the original price of the suit?

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Step-by-step explanation:

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We can solve the problem in 2 steps, one being Solving and the other being Comprehending. I'll start off with comprehending.

Comprehending

So, we know that 10% of a number is $16. That means that of the number "" is equal to $16.

A percentage is basically a fraction of something, for example, 25% of a number would be of the same number.

Example:

25% of 10 =

2.5 is 25% of 10 =

Now that we know the basics, we can do the real solving.

Solving

To solve, the question, we can first read the problem and make an equation,

"10% of is 16."

We can then make a equation.

After solving, we know that 10% of 160 is equal to 16. We can prove that with the following:

After solving our equation, we can see that the answer is $160.

$16 is 10% of $160.

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