Question

You saved $200 on your new laptop because you bought it online. If this was a 20% savings from the original price, find the original cost of the lapto

Answer 1

$1000

Explanation:

$200 was saved on a new laptop

This was 20% of the original price of the laptop

Therefote the original cost of the laptop can be calculated as follows

= 20/100x = 200

= 0.2x= 200

Divide both sides by the coefficient of x which is 0.2

x= 200/0.2

= 1000

Hence the original cost of the laptop is $1000