Question

jacob is planning to go black friday shopping he found a deal on laptop for 40%off the original price if the sale price is 525 what is the original price

Answer 1

Answer:

$1,312.50

Step-by-step explanation:

you can set up a proportion for this question or do it with an equation,,,

525×100= 52500 then divide by 40 and you get the original amount before 40% was cut off

Answer 2

The original price of the laptop is 875

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Sale price of the laptop= 525

discount percent on the laptop price =40%

To find:

Original price of the laptop=?

Solution:

Let the original price of laptop = x

Then ,

sales price= original price - discount amount

Substituting the values

525=x-40%of x

$525=x-(40\times\frac{1}{100})\times x$

$525=x-(\frac{40}{100})\times x$

$525=x-(0.4)\times x$

$525= x-0.4x$

$0.6x=525$

$x=\frac{525}{0.6}$=  875