Question

During a clearance sale, an electronic store sold a Blu-ray player for $111. If the items on sale were discounted by 75%, find the original retail price of the Blu-ray player.

Answer 1

Assume that the original price is 100%

The discount is 75%

So the selling price = 100% - 75% = 25%

Let us use the ratio to solve the problem

Original price : discount : selling price

100% : 75% : 25%

Now we now the