Problema Solution

The price of a brick today is 49 cents. This is 3 cents less than 4 times the price 20 years ago. What was the price 20 years ago?

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let x = the price 20 years ago


4x - 3 = 49


by solving we find:


x = 13 cents


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the price 20 years ago was 13 cents.