Question

A company sold garden hoses at a reduced price of $6.54 and took an end-of-season markdown of $10.45. What was the original selling price of each hose? Use theformula MS-N, where M is the markdown, S is the original selling price, and N is the reduced price.The original selling price of each hose is

Answer 1

$\ 16.9$

1) In this problem, we need to bear in mind that we can find the original selling price by making use of an equation:

$\begin{gathered} M=\ 10.45 \\ N=\ 6.45 \\ M=S-N \\ 10.45=S-6.45 \\ 10.45-S=S-S-6.45 \\ 10.45-S=-6.45 \\ -S=-6.45-10.45 \\ -S=-16.9 \\ S=16.9 \end{gathered}$

Thus, the original selling price is:

$\ 16.9$