Question

I received my tickets off an internet site with a discount of 28%. The online sales company then put a 12.5% service fee on my ticket. What percentage of the original price did I get the tickets for?

Answer 1

81%.

Explanation:

Let the original price be x.

With a discount that made it x - 0.28x = 0.72x.

Then we add the service fee of 12.5%:

= 0.72x + 0.125*0.72x

= 0.81x.

So it's 81%.