Question

Joyce paid $108.00 for an item at the store that was 40 percent off the original price. What was the original price?

Answer 1

The original price of the item is $180

The values given in the question are;

Actual cost of the item Joyce bought= $108
The item was sold 40 percent off the original price

The original price can be calculated as follows

The first step is to subtract 40% from 100%

100%- 40%

= 60%

Let x represent the original price of the item

60/100x= 108

0.6x= 108

Divide both sides by the coefficient of x which is 0.6

0.6x/0.6= 108/0.6

x= 180

Thus, the original price of the item is $180

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