193k views
3 votes
A desk is being sold at 40% discount, the sale price is 420 what was its original price?

User Don Jose
by
7.9k points

1 Answer

5 votes

Answer:

The discount rate is therefore 40%. To find the initial price, the following calculation is made: Initial price = price after discount/(1 - the discount rate).

....40% drop = coefficient 1-(40/100)= 0.6

original price: 420/0.6=700

Explanation:

User Epaga
by
7.8k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories