a bottle of hand lotion is on sale for $2.25 . If this price represents a 50% discount from the original price , what is the original price to the nearest cent ?
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so 2.25 is 50% of the original price let's write original price as x 50% of x = 2.25 0.5 * x = 2.25 divide both sides by 0.5 x = 4.5