Question

17.

Marita purchased an item for 25% off the original price, plus an additional 20% off the
sale price. She also had a $10-off coupon, which the salesclerk applied after these two discounts. Marita's
final purchase price for the item was $30. Assuming she paid no sales tax, what was the original price of the
item Marita purchased?

Answer 1

Marita had a $10-off coupon, so she paid $50 - $10 = $40 for the item

Explanation:

To find the original price of the item, we need to work backwards through the discounts and find the price of the item before any discounts were applied.

We'll call the original price of the item "x."

First, we know that Marita received a 25% discount on the item, which means she paid 100% - 25% = 75% of the original price.

Then, Marita received an additional 20% discount on the sale price, which means she paid 100% - 20% = 80% of the 75% discounted price.

So, Marita paid 80% of the original price, which was reduced by a 25% discount. That means she paid 0.8 * 0.75 = 0.6 * original price = $30.

Therefore, the original price of the item was $30 / 0.6 = $<<30/0.6=50>>50.

Finally, Marita had a $10-off coupon, so she paid $50 - $10 = $40 for the item.