document.write( "Question 152258: The sales price of a car is $12590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #111932 by mducky2(62) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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We know that the sales price of the car was 20% off the original price. Let's represent the original price as x. The sales price is equal to the original price (x) minus 20% of the original price:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12950+=+x+-+%2820%2F100%29x\"$
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We can solve this equation for x:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12950+=+x+-+%2820%2F100%29x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12950+=+x+-+0.2x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12950+=+%281+-+0.2%29x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12950+=+0.8x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12950%2F0.8+=+x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+16187.50\"$
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The original price of the car is $16187.50
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