After a 40% reduction, you purchase a new computer monitor for $186. what was the price of the computer monitor
before the reduction?
a) first write an equation you can use to answer this question. use x as your variable and express any percents in
decimal form in the equation.
the equation is
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b) solve your equation in part [a] to find the original price of the computer monitor.
the original price of the computer monitor was
dollars.

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step-by-step explanation: given equation a = h(b 1+b 2)

also we are given values of a, h and b 1 as :

a = 16, h = 4, and b 1 = 3.

in order to solve it for b 2, we need to plug the given values of   a, h and b 1 .

therefore, plugging values of   a, h and b 1   in given equation, we get

16 = 4( 3 + b 2)

first dividing both sides by 4, we get

4 = 3 + b 2

subtracting 3 from both sides, we get

4 -3 = 3 -3 + b 2

1 = b 2.