SOLUTION: How do I solve this word problem? " A new car was advertised for 12.5% off original price. The sale price was $14,599. What was the original price?

Question 228233: How do I solve this word problem? " A new car was advertised for 12.5% off original price. The sale price was $14,599. What was the original price?

Answer by JenniferTutors(83) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the original price, first you know that the percentage for discount is 12.5% out of 100%, so to find the discounted price of the original you would subtract 12.5 from 100 to get 87.5.
Now, this number we will use in this equation:
x SP= sale price
(14,599) x (1.14286} Don't round up here, keep the numbers.
(14,599)(1.14286) = (16,684.61)
Now to check the answer if it's correct:
(16,684x.125=14599)
You might have a few cents after 14,599 but it's okay.

RELATED QUESTIONS
Wheel's Bicycle shop advertised a bicycle for 15% off for a savings of $36. The bicycle... (answered by mananth)

A supermarket advertised a sale of 75% off, and afterwards, the price of a pen was $4.... (answered by checkley77)

Puthina Unge bought a new Compaq computer system on sale for $1,680. It wad advertised as (answered by Boreal)

What was the original price of an MP3 player that is advertised as on sale for 25% off... (answered by Theo)

Can you help me with soving this: Word problem, The sales person reduced the price 14% to (answered by nyc_function)

A shirt is on sale for 40% off. The sale price is $12 What was the original price? What... (answered by josmiceli)

A shirt is on sale for 40% off. The sale price is $12. What was the original price? What... (answered by josmiceli,rfer)

Which solution do I need to solve this word problem? Shay's Department Store had an... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Baseball hats are on sale for 12% off. If the sale price is 12.50, what was the original... (answered by TimothyLamb)