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A store is having a sale to celebrate President's Day. Every item in the store is advertised as 1/5 off the original price. If an item is marked with a sale price of $140, what was its original price? Show your work

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so 140=origonal price-1/5 so
represent origonal price with p
140=4/5p
multiply both sides by 5/4
175=p
the answer is 175