Question

In a sale, the price of a sofa is reduced by 70%. The sale price is £255 What is the price before the sale?

Answer 1

850

Explanation:

Price x .30 (100%-70%)=sales price

price x .30 = 255

price = 255/.30

price = 850

Answer 2

So 255 is 30% of the original price
So what we need to do is divide 255 by 30 to get one percent
255/30=8.5
So 8.5 is one percent of the original price or one hundredth. So to get the original price multiply that by 100 and get 850.
The original price was £850.