SOLUTION: Mindy bought a car for $5,885. This was 40% off the original price. But also Mindy got another 10% off from the original price. What was the original price

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Question 825308: Mindy bought a car for $5,885. This was 40% off the original price. But also Mindy got another 10% off from the original price. What was the original price
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Original Price, P.

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Study the problem description and the equation shown. Developing the equation is the hard part. The rest is arithmetic. The price Mindy paid appears to be 50% off.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mindy bought a car for $5,885. This was 40% off the original price. But also Mindy got another 10% off from the original price. What was the original price 


If she got 40% off of the original price and 10% off of the sale price, then this is what you do:

Let original price be P

Then sale price is: .6P

Since she paid 90% (1 - .1) of the sale price, she paid a final price of .9 * .6P, or .54P.

Now, since she paid $5,885 for it, we can say that: .54P = 5,885

Solve to determine P, the original price



However, if she received 40% off of the original price, and another 10% off of the original price, then

she got a total of 50% (40 + 10) off of the original price



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