jim is able to sell a hand - carved statue for $ 620 which was a 25 % profit over his cost . how much did the statue originally cost him ?
"620 = 1.25 * x x = 620 / 1.25 = 496.00 which rounds to $ 496.00 , which is ( a ) ."
divide(620, add(divide(25, const_100), const_1))