Question

A desk is on sale for $176.80, which is 26% of the regular price. What is the regular price?

Answer 1

`\begin{equation*} \$680 \end{equation*}`

Step-by-step explanation

Let the regular price of the desk be x.

$176.80 is 26% of the regular price of the x. This implies that:

`176.80=(26)/(100)*x`

To find the regular price of the desk, solve the equation for x:

`\begin{gathered} 176.80*100=26*x \\ \Rightarrow x=(176.80*100)/(26) \\ x=\$680 \end{gathered}`

That is the regular price of the desk.