The price of a fan is $15. This price is 27% lower than last week.What was the price of the fan last week?Round your answer to the nearest cent.Enter your answer in the box.$
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The price of fan was 20 Dollars 55 cents last week.Step-by-step explanation:Let, The price last week = xAs the price is 27% lower than last week, therefore(100%-27%) * Price last week = $1573% * x = 15Solving the percentage;[tex]\frac{73}{100}*x=15\\ Multiplying\ both\ sides\ by\ 100\\100*\frac{73x}{100} = 15*100\\73x=1500\\Dividing\ both\ sides\ by\ 73\\\frac{73x}{73} = \frac{1500}{73} \\x= 20.55[/tex]The price of fan was 20 Dollars 55 cents last week.Keywords: Percentage, multiplication.Learn more about percentages at:brainly.com/question/2140933brainly.com/question/2142762#LearnwithBrainly