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The price of all rail tickets increased by 5 %.
The price of a rail ticket from London to Ipswich increased by £2.30

Work out the price of the ticket before the increase.


Sagot :

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

New price = (1 + 5%) x old price

New price = 1.05 x old price

old price = 2.3 / 1.05

Old price = £2.19

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Answer:

  £46

Step-by-step explanation:

The increase is ...

  0.05 · price = £2.30

Multiplying by 20 gives ...

  price = 20(£2.30) = £46.00

The price of the ticket before the increase was £46.00.