Question

A store owner offered a 40% discount off the regular price of a piece of furniture. The amount of the discount was $72. What is the original price of the mirror?

Answer 1

120

Explanation:

120- 40%= 72

Try that

Answer 2

Answer: $180




Step by Step Explanation:

72 is the price with 40% off, so it will not be the total price.

100%, is the total price without the discount (40%).

To get the total price, we multiply 72×100 (The discounted price, and the total percentage price).

Then you have, 7200, and you divide that by 40 (The discount).

This gets you to $180. That is the total price.


Checking:

To check if this is correct, we multiply 180, and the discount 40.

This will be 7200.

Then we divide that by 100.

This will leave us with 72, the original discounted price.