Question 1105273: The price of a tent was decreased by 15% and sold for $78 what was the original price
Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The tent was on sale and was sold at a 15% discount, for a for fraction of its original price.
What fraction?
 or 
 = the original price, in $
 = the sale price, in $
The result b of that division is a never-ending decimal starting with
91.7647.
That rounds to 91.76,
so the expected answer might be $91.76.
In real life, two answers are possible.
Indeed, if the original price was $91.76,
the 15% price reduction would calculate as $13.764,
which should be rounded as $13.76,
for a final price of $91.76 - $13.76 = $78.00.
However, if the original price was $91.77,
the 15% discount calculates as $$13.7655,
which rounds as $13.77,
and that also yields a final price of $91.77 - $14.77 = $78.00
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