SOLUTION: A hotel room costs $17 at a 42% savings. How much is the original price?

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Question 1062152: A hotel room costs $17 at a 42% savings. How much is the original price?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, addingup:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let +x+ = the original price
+x+-+.42x+=+17+
+.58x+=+17+
+x+=+29.31%60
The original price was $29.31

Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the full price of a room be x
Then the savings is 0.42x
-.--.-.-.-.
Now we can set up our equation
x-0.42x = 17
this is the same as
1x-0.42x = 17
subtract 0.42 from 1, that becomes your new x.
0.58x = 17 divide both sides by 0.58 to get youranswer