SOLUTION: A watch is on sale for $90. This is a discount of 25% from the original price. What is the original price?

Question 465801: A watch is on sale for $90. This is a discount of 25% from the original price. What is the original price?
Answer by kingme18(98) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the discount was 25%, the current price is 75% of the original (25% is what went away). That means that $90 is 75% of the original. For these kinds of problems, "is" means "equals" and "of" means "times". Also, recall that 75%=0.75 So, To get x by itself, divide by 0.75 on both sides, and get . So, the watch was originally $120.
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