Question

If an item is discounted by 5 percent, and the final price is 57, what is the original price of the item?

Answer 1

$59. 85 or rounding, $60 (I AM NOT COMPLETELY SURE)

Explanation

I changed the percentage into a decimal (.05) and then multiplied it by the final price (57). After multiplying, I got, $2.85. I then added that to the final price to get, $59.85.