Question

At a sale this week, a suit is being sold for $497. This is a 29% discount from the original price. What is the original price?

Answer 1

$700 is the original price.

Explanation:

So if there is a 29% of discount, it means that the new price is the 71% of the original price. If we want to calculate the original price, we have to calculate the 100% value of the suit.

497$ -------- 71%

x= ----------100%

So we have to calculate:

`100.497 : 71 =700`