The selling price for a classic speedboat is $1800, which is $1500 less than 2 times its original price. What was the original price?
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the first thing you need to do is set up the equation. from the question, you can set up this equation 1800 = 2x - 1500 from this, you need to subtract 1500 from both sides then, you get: 3300 = 2x to find x, divide both sides of the equation by two: 1800 = 2x - 1500
2 from this, you get that x = 1650 ANSWER: x = 1650
The original price of the speedboat is $1650. This was determined by setting up the equation based on its selling price and solving for the original price. After calculations, we found that $1800 equals $1500 less than 2 times the original price.
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