SOLUTION: One day Tom buys an electric drill when the shop offers a 20% discount. The next day jake buys and identical drill but the discount is then 25%. If tom paid $4 more than Jake,what

Question 678678: One day Tom buys an electric drill when the shop offers a 20% discount. The next day jake buys and identical drill but the discount is then 25%. If tom paid $4 more than Jake,what was the orginal price of the drill?
Found 2 solutions by rm29924, josmiceli:
Answer by rm29924(97) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let X = the original cost of the drill
Tom paid .20X
Jake paid .25X
what Jake paid is equal to what Tom paid plus 4 dollars
.25X=.20x+4
subtract .20x from both sides
.05X=4
divide both sides by .05 to get X by itself
X=80
The original price of the drill was 80 dollars.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the original price of the drill
given:

The original pice was $80
check:

OK

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