Question

A classic car is now selling for $2500 less than three times its original price if the selling price is now 14,000 what was the cars original price

Answer 1

Let the original price of the car be x

Three times its original price will be

`3* x=3x`

$2500 less than three times it original price will be

`3x-2500`

If the selling price is now $14000, then we can say;

`3x-2500=14000`

Solve the equation above to obtain the value of x, the original price of the car

`\begin{gathered} 3x-2500=14000 \\ 3x=14000+2500 \\ 3x=16500 \\ (3x)/(3)=(16500)/(3) \\ x=5500 \end{gathered}`

Hence, the original price of the car is 5500