Answer
$60$ dollars.
Work Step by Step
Step 1. Assume the original price is $x$. We have the sale price as $x-0.2x=48$
Step 2. Solve the above equation to get $0.8x=48$ and $x=60$ dollars.
Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-13446-914-3
ISBN 13:
978-0-13446-914-0
Chapter P - Review Exercises - Page 144: 144
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