Question

William buys a T.V that is on sale for 40% off the original price. The original price is $140 more than the sale price.

What is the original price of the T.V?

Answer 1

Let X be the original price of the T.V.
We are told that the sale price is X - 140 dollars, and that the sale price is 40% off the original price.
So the sale price is 0.4X dollars.
We can set up the equation: X - 140 = 0.4X
Then we can solve for X: 0.6X = 140
X = 140 / 0.6
X = $233.33

Therefore, the original price of the T.V is $233.33.