SOLUTION: if $100 is 40% off the original price what would the total price be?

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Question 941455: if $100 is 40% off the original price what would the total price be?
Answer by srinivas.g(540)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x be the original price
100 is 40 % off of x
hence 100 = x-40 % x



divide with 0.6 on both sides



original price = $166.67

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