Homework Help: math

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 1:23am.

The author of a book was told that he would have to cut the number of pages by 21% for the book to sell at a popular price and still make a profit. If the finished book contained 340 pages, how many pages were in the original forms?

math - visoth, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 1:28am
21/100=340/x

21x=34000

x=1620
math - visoth, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 1:28am
i mean 1619 pages

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