Question

The sale Price of a swing set is $90. What is the original price?Sale:75% Round your answer to the whole dollar

Answer 1

To solve this problem we can use the expression that defines percents. What price has a 75% of $90?

`\text{Total}\cdot\frac{\text{percent}}{100}=\text{equivalent number to the percent}`

With the information given, we know that the equivalent number to the percent is $90 and the percent is 75%.

Then, substitute and solve for the total variable:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Total}\cdot(75)/(100)=90 \\ \text{Total}=(90\cdot100)/(75) \\ \text{Total}=120 \end{gathered}`

The original price of the swing set is $120.