Question

The Harrison's house sold for $95,000. That is at least 4 times the original purchase price. Find the price originally paid for the house.

Answer 1

An inequality is needed for this problem. The inequality would be written as: 4x ≤ 95,000. If the calculation is right, then the answer would be at least $23,750.

Answer 2

The Harrison's house sold for $95,000. That is at least 4 times the original purchase price. Find the price originally paid for the house.

Explanation:

If Harrison sold his house for a price that is 4 times what he paid for it, what he has to do is divide, the price for which he has sold it is $ 95,000, between 4, which is the same: $ 23,750, that's the price Harrison cost his house when he bought it.

95,000 = 4x

x = 95.000 / 4 = 23.750 $