Question

sale price of an item is $180 after a 25% discount is applied. What is the original price of the item?

Answer 1

How do we calculate a discounted price usually?

Original price * (1 - Discount) = Discounted price

Well, we are given the discount and discounted price. So we just divide by the Discount on both sides of the equation and get:

Original price = Discounted price / ( 1 - Discount)

For the Discount we have 25% = 0.25, so we get:

Original price = 180 / (1 - 0.25) = 180 / 0.75 = 240

So the original price was 240$

Answer 2

Answer: $240

Explanation:

Original Price = Sale Price / (1 - Discount Percentage)

In this case, the sale price is $180, and a 25% discount is applied. To calculate the original price, we need to convert the discount percentage to a decimal by dividing it by 100:

Discount Percentage = 25 / 100 = 0.25

Plugging the values into the formula:

Original Price = $180 / (1 - 0.25)

Original Price = $180 / 0.75

Original Price = $240