Question

A different camera is selling for $7.50 off the regular price. It was marked down 15%. A student used the equation:

15(7.5) = Original price

and found the regular price of the camera to be $112.50.

Explain the error(s) in the student’s work.

Answer 1

The student should have divided the discounted amount by the percent. The percent should have been written as a decimal.

Explanation:

that is what it says in the simple reponse

Answer 2

The original price is $50. The student's mistake in the equation is that he should have done 7.5/0.15

The student should not have multiplied, instead divided. He also didn't put 15 in a decimal form, which would have messed the whole equation up.