Find Original Price

[mathdad]

A wool suit, discounted by 30 percent for a clearance sale, has a price tag of 399 dollars. What was the suit's original price?

Solution:

100 percent - 30 percent = 70 percent.

Let p = original price

0.70p = 399

p = 399 ÷ 0.70

p = 570 dollars

Yes?

 

[Harry_the_cat]

Reduce $570 by 30%. Do you get $399? It's easier to check your own answers here than typing all your working out.

 

[mathdad]

Reduce $570 by 30%. Do you get $399? It's easier to check your own answers here than typing all your working out.

Ok.

 

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