SOLUTION: joe purchased a jacket at a 10% discount sale for 121.50 what was the original price of the jacket

Question 58894: joe purchased a jacket at a 10% discount sale for 121.50 what was the original price of the jacket
Found 2 solutions by uma, funmath:
Answer by uma(370) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the original price of the jacket be Rs. 100
So after 10% discount, sale price = Rs. 90
Therefore original price when the sale price is Rs. 121.50 is given by
= (121.50 x 100)/90
= 135
original price of the jacket = Rs. 135

Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
joe purchased a jacket at a 10% discount sale for 121.50 what was the original price of the jacket
Let the original price of the jacket be:x
The discount then is: (10/100)x=.10x
The amount he paid: 121.50
:
Equation to solve:
x-.10x=121.50
.90x=121.5
.90x/.90=121.50/.90
x=1215/9
x=$135
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