Question

How do you solve this type of problem?

This year, Sophia paid $1,071 for season tickets to her favorite baseball team, which is 15% cheaper than last year. What was the price of season tickets last year?

Answer 1

The price of ticket last year is $ 1231.65

Solution:

Given that,

This year, Sophia paid $1,071 for season tickets to her favorite baseball team , which is 15% cheaper than last year

To find: Price of season ticket last year

Let the price of season ticket last year be "x"

Therefore, according to question

Price of ticket this year is 15 % cheaper than price of ticket last year

1071 = price of ticket last year - 15 % of 1071

1071 = x - 15 % of 1071

Solve the above expression for "x"

`1071 = x - 15 \% * 1071\\\\1071 = x - (15)/(100) * 1071\\\\1071 = x - 0.15 * 1071\\\\1071 = x - 160.65\\\\x = 1071 + 160.65\\\\x = 1231.65`

Thus price of ticket last year is $ 1231.65