Question

a computer salesperson said she would drop the price of a computer by $120, which was a 15% discount. what was the original selling price of the computer?

Answer 1

it would be $128  120 x's .15 is 18 so 120+18 is 128

Answer 2

It was dropped by $120 which was a 15% discount.

Let the original price be x.

15%  of  x  =  $120

(15/100)x = 120

0.15x = 120

x = 120 / 0.15

x = 800

Hence the original price was $800.