en

English

Español

Português

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Русский

中文(简体)

한국어

日本語

Tiếng Việt

עברית

العربية

Popular >

After a 15% decrease in price an item sells for 560. What was the original price?

Solution

After a 15% decrease in price an item sells for 560. What was the original price?

Solution

Amount before reduction : 658.82352 \dots

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

560 = x - 0.15 x

560 = x - 0.15 x : x = \frac{11200}{17}

\frac{11200}{17} = 658.82352 \dots

Amount before reduction : 658.82352 \dots

Popular Examples

six times a number less 7 is 41. find the number The difference between the squares of two numbers is 5 . Twice the square of the first number increased by the square of the second number is 22 . Find the numbers find the volume of a sphere which radius is 3cm There are 3 consecutive integers with a sum of-3. What is the least of the 3 integers The circumference of a circle is 4𝜋 centimeters. What is the radius?