Answer:
The price was $2560.
Explanation:
let x be the original price
x - 15% = 2176 (The price was decreased by 15% and became $2176)
Convert the percentage to decimal form by the percentage dividing by 100, which is the same thing as moving the decimal to the left by two places.
15% = 0.15
0.15x is the value that was shaved off of 2176.
1 - 0.15 = 0.85
Write a new equation and isolate x
0.85x = 2176
x = 2176/0.85 Divide both sides by 0.85
x = 2560