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A project on Kickstarter for an iPad stylusraised 1,257% of their goal, raising a total of$329,932 from 7,692 supporters. What wastheir original goal?$Give your answer to the nearest dollar.

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Their original goal is;

[tex]\operatorname{\$}26,248[/tex]

Explanation:

Given that A project on Kickstarter for an iPad stylus raised 1,257% of their goal, raising a total of $329,932 from 7,692 supporters.

This means that;

[tex]1257\%\text{ of their goal is \$}329,932[/tex]

We want to solve for their original goal x which is 100%;

[tex]\begin{gathered} x=\frac{\text{ \$329,932}}{1257\%}\times100\% \\ x=\text{ \$}26,247.57 \\ x=\operatorname{\$}26,248 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, their original goal is;

[tex]\operatorname{\$}26,248[/tex]

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