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A certain customer paid $24 for a dress. If that price represented a 25 percent discount on the original price of the dress, what was the original price of the dress?

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$ 28
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$ 30
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$ 31.25
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$ 32
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Solution

The correct option is B $ 32
Customer paid $24 for dress after discount of 25%. That means customer paid 75% of the original price.
If 75% is $24, how much is 100%
Original price = 100×2475=$32
Original price of dress is $32

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