A dress is on sale for $33. This is 3/5 of the regular price. What is the regular price?

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    A dress is on sale for $33. This is 3/5 of the regular price. What is the regular price?

    Original price is p. We have:
    3p/5 = 33

    Cross multiply using our proportion calculator, we get p = 55.
     
    math_celebrity, Dec 9, 2017
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