A bracelet was marked up $50 from cost, which amounts to a 20% increase. Find the original cost of the bracelet

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Tobias Barnett

2 February, 00:51

A bracelet was marked up $50 from cost, which amounts to a 20% increase. Find the original cost of the bracelet

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Layton Knight · Answer 1

40

Step-by-step explanation:

50 x 0.8 = 40

100 - 20% = 80% which is 0.8 so 50 x 0.8 = 40

Lydia Thompson · Answer 2

The original cost of the bracelet was $250.

Step-by-step explanation:

A bracelet was marked up $50 from cost, which amounts to a 20% increase.

Let the original cost be x.

Means 20% of x is $50.

So, to find x.

0.20 * x = 50

x = 50 / 0.20

x = 250

Hence, the original cost of the bracelet was $250.