IXL | Sale prices: find the original price

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What was the original price of a washing machine whose sale price is $215?

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The sale price of a picnic table is $19. What was the original price?

key idea

The sale price is equal to the percent paid times the original price.

sale price

percent paid

original price

solution

Find the percent paid:

To find the percent

paid,

subtract the percent off from 100%.

percent paid

100%

–

percent off

100%

–

75%

25%

With

75%

off, the percent paid is

25%

Write an equation to solve for the original price:

Since

25%

of the original price is equal to the sale price of $19, you can set up and solve an equation. Let

represent the original price.

25%

100

Write the percent as a fraction

0.25

Write the fraction as a decimal

0.25

Divide both sides by 0.25

0.25

Divide both sides by 0.25

Simplify

The original price was $76.

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