SOLUTION: At a sale this week, a desk is being sold for $572 . This is a 35% discount from the original price. What was the original price?

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Question 1114714: At a sale this week, a desk is being sold for $572
. This is a 35%
discount from the original price.
What was the original price?
Found 2 solutions by Shin123, ikleyn:
Answer by Shin123(626)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100%-35%=65% $572 is 65% of original price. 65%/13=5%. 572/13=44 44*20=$880 original price.
Answer by ikleyn(52800)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
The condition says


(1-0.35)*x = 572,


where x is the original price of the deck.


Then  0.65*x = 572,   which implies


x =  = 880.


Answer.  The original price of the deck was  $880.

Solved.

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