Find the lowest common denominator.
1/6 and 3/8
the lowest common denominator is

24 as the denominator.

Step-by-step explanation:

6 goes into 24, 4 times.

8 goes into 24, 3 times.

y = 0.77(x)

step-by-step explanation:

the jacket retains this value after 23% cut or retains 77% of original value. plug original 87 jacket price for x and the remaining value should be y.

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!