SOLUTION: Item marked down 24% to $499.00. what is orginal price
Algebra.Com
Question 287202: Item marked down 24% to $499.00. what is orginal price
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An item marked down 24% was originally 100%
100-24=76%
so the new price is 76% of the old price
.76*p=499.00
p=656.579
check
.24*656.579=157.579
subtract 157.579 from 656.579=499.00
ok
RELATED QUESTIONS
An item for sale is marked down 20%. By what percent must it then be marked
up in order... (answered by palanisamy)
An item for sale is marked down 20%. By what percent must it then be marked
up in order... (answered by nerdybill,Alan3354)
Before Christmas an item was marked up 20%. What percent will the new price have to be... (answered by stanbon)
If you have an item on clearance that has been marked down to $15 due to a 70% sale, what (answered by jim_thompson5910,MathTherapy)
the original price of an item was increased by 40%. then new price was reduced by 30%.... (answered by josgarithmetic)
plzzz sove this.....
An item that costs a retailer $60.00 is normally sold for $98.... (answered by josmiceli)
The original price for a pair of sneakers is$76.99 if the item was marked down 25% from... (answered by oscargut)
A dress is marked down 25% and then it is marked down 20% from the discounted price. By... (answered by Edwin McCravy)
In a store, a $100 item was marked down by 20% for a sale. After the sale, the... (answered by Theo)