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dylanandkaylee
Mar 21, 2007, 11:52 AM
The car Elsie bought one year ago has depreciated by $1716.88, which is 11.13% of the price she paid for it. How much much did it originally cost? I tried figuring out the problem, but I just don't know how to do it.

Capuchin
Mar 21, 2007, 12:39 PM
Divide by what you've got and multiply by what you want!

So you take 1716.88, divide by 11.13 and multiply by 100!