Question

in a sale all the normal price is reduced by 15% the sale price of a suit is £110.50 work out the normal price

Answer 1

£130

Explanation:

100%-15%=85%

110.5/85=1.3

1.3 is 1%

you need to find 100%, so:

1.3 x 100= 130

Answer 2

Normal price: £130.00

Explanation:

In order to find the normal price of the suit, we can divide the sale price by 100% minus the discount percentage:

`\sf \textsf{Normal price }=\frac{\textsf{ Sale price }}{ 100\% - Discount \% }`

In this case:

• Sales price= £ 110.50
• Discount % = 15%

Substitute the given value and solve it.

`\begin{aligned} \textsf{Normal price }&=( £110.50)/(100\%- 15\%) \\\\ &= ( £110.50)/(85\% ) \\\\ &= ( £110.50)/( 0.85 )\\\\ &= £ 130.00 \end{aligned}`

Therefore, the normal price of the suit is £130.00.