Question

Mark buys last year's best selling novel, in hardcover, for $26,35. This is with a 15% discount from the original price. What was the original priceof the novel?Answer How to enter your answer (opens in new window)3 PointsKeypad

Answer 1

Let x, the original price. Now, according to the problem, consider the following diagram:

This diagram is equivalent to:

By cross-multiplication, we obtain:

`x\text{ (85\%) = (26.35)(100\%)}`

solving for x, we get:

`x\text{ =}\frac{\text{ (26.35)(100\%)}}{85\%}=31`

So that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

The original price is $31