Question

if Alex purchased a computer on sale. The original price was $1200. The sale price was 5/6 of the original price . How much did he pay for the computer?

Answer 1

We will investigate how to determine a selling price of a product given at a discounted rate.

The original price ( O ) of the computer that Alex bought is:

`O\text{ = \$1200}`

The selling price of the computer is expressed as a fraction of the original price ( O ) as follows:

`S\text{ = }(5)/(6)\cdot O`

Using the above expression we will plug in the value of original price of the computer and solve for its selling price as follows:

`\begin{gathered} S\text{ = }(5)/(6)\cdot1200 \\ \\ S\text{ = \$1000} \end{gathered}`

Alex paid at the selling price ( S ) for the computer with a discount of ( D ) as follows:

`\text{Alex paid ( S = \$1000 ) with a discount of ( D = 1200 - 1000 = \$200 )}`