if you have a total price of $63 and you marked it up by 75% what is the original price

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A markup of 75% means it's 175% of the original price.

63 is 175% of what number?

"is" means =

"%" means /100

"of" means *

"what number" means x

63 = 175/100 * x

63 = 1.75x

x = 63 / 1.75

x = 36

Answer:  The original price was $63.
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