6th Grade Fractions and Proportions: Problem 2

Problem: Alice and Bertha wants to buy a good from the mall. Alice has 40 less dollars than the sales price, and Bertha has 1/4 of the money less than the sales price. After bargaining with a worker there, they were able to buy it at 90% of the sales price. After using both of their money, they had 28 dollars left. What was the sales price of this item?

Key: Create a diagram to represent the situation

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