Question

At a sale this week, a desk is being sold for $336. This is a 36% discount from the original price.

What is the original price?

Answer 1

$525

Explanation:

We can find the original price by using the formula x - 0.36x = 336, where x is the original price, 0.36 is the discount percentage (converted to decimal form), and 336 is the total amount paid after the discount is applied:

`x-0.36x=336\\0.64x=336\\x=525`

To check and further understand why the formula works, we can simply apply the discount to the original price and subtract the number from the original price:

525 * 0.36 = 189

525 - 189 = 336

Modeling the first formula gives us:

525 - (0.36 * 525) = 336

525 - 189 = 336