Question

On the game show «  the price is right », the highest winning amount was $262,743. The next largest winning amount was only 81.4012% of the highest. What was the second highest winning amount rounded to the nearest dollar?

Answer 1

The second highest winning amount was of $213,876

Explanation:

Given that the main prize of "The price is right" won is $ 262,743, and that the second highest prize in the history of said program is 81.4012% of said value, to obtain said number the following calculation must be performed:

(262,743 / 100) x 81.4012 = X

2,627.43 x 81.4012 = X

213,875.95 = X

Therefore, rounded to the nearest dollar, the second highest prize in the program was $213,876.