jim is able to sell a hand - carved statue for $ 750 which was a 35 % profit over his cost . how much did the statue originally cost him ?
"750 = 1.35 * x x = 750 / 1.35 = 555.5555556 . . . which rounds to $ 555.56 , which is ( c ) ."
divide(750, add(divide(35, const_100), const_1))