The price of a watch was increased by 20% to £198.
What was the price before the increase?

The price of the watch before the increase is £165.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

After increasing 20% price of a watch is £198

To find the price of the watch before increase.

Let,

The price of the watch is x

According to the problem,

x+x × 20% = 198

or, x+ = 198

or, = 198

or, x =

= 165

Hence,

The price of the watch before the increase is £165.

22 dimes and 9 nickels

step-by-step explanation:

answer: 42

use a calculator to find that 845/73 = 11.575

the whole part of the answer is 11. multiply this by 73 to get 11*73 = 803.

subtract that result from 845 to get 845 - 803 = 42