SOLUTION: If you have an item on clearance that has been marked down to $15 due to a 70% sale, what is the original price?

Question 1089298: If you have an item on clearance that has been marked down to $15 due to a 70% sale, what is the original price?
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, MathTherapy:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

x = original price
70% of x = amount saved
0.70x = 15
0.70x/0.70 = 15/0.70
x = 21.4285714285714
x = 21.43

The original price is $21.43

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have an item on clearance that has been marked down to $15 due to a 70% sale, what is the original price?

A 70% sale means that 30% or .3 of the item's original price was paid.
This .3 or 30% equals $15. Therefore, original price was:
IGNORE all other WRONG answers.
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