Question

The sale price for this HP Touch Laptop is $249. This store is offering it at 30% off the original price on Black Friday. What was the original price?

Answer 1

ANSWER


The original price was


`355 (5)/(7) \: dollars`



Step-by-step explanation

Let the original price be

`x \: dollars`

This original price corresponds to

`100\%`


When 30℅ is off, then the remaining percentage is 70℅.


This implies that,


`70\% \: of \: x = 249`


Or


`0.7x = 249`


We divide both sides by 0.7 to get,



`x = (249)/(0.7)`


`x = 355 (5)/(7)`


The original price was $ 355.71 to the nearest hundredth.