Question

The selling price for an expensive painting is $20,000. What was the paintings' original price if its current selling price is $1000 less than three times its original?

Answer 1

the answer is 57,000 because if u subtract 20,000 and 1000.after that mutipy the number you get and u will get 57,000.like this 20,000-1000=19,000×3=57,000