Final answer:
To determine the original price of the table before a 29% discount, we divided the sale price of $497 by 0.71 (since 71% is the remaining percentage after the discount) to get $700.
Step-by-step explanation:
The subject of the question is to find the original price of a table before a 29% sale price discount was applied. To do this, we consider the sale price to be 71% of the original price (100% - 29% = 71%). We can create the following equation where x is the original price: 0.71x = $497. To solve for x, we divide the sale price by 0.71:
x = $497 / 0.71
x = $700
Therefore, the original price of the table was $700, which matches option B.