Question

The asking price on a house was $350,000. Because it was on the market for six months it was finally sold for $297,500. What percentage of the original price was it sold for?

Answer 1

the answer is 85%

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Answer 2

It is given in the question that

The asking price on a house was $350,000. Because it was on the market for six months it was finally sold for $297,500.

And we have to find the percentage of the original price it was sold for or in other words, we have to find 297500 is what percentage of 350000 .

`= (297500)/(350000)*100 = 85%`

So the house is sold for 85% of the original price .