SOLUTION: The camera Melissa wanted for her birthday is on sale at 41% off the usual price. The amount of the discount is $155.80. What was the original price of the camera?
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Question 748992: The camera Melissa wanted for her birthday is on sale at 41% off the usual price. The amount of the discount is $155.80. What was the original price of the camera? Answer by timvanswearingen(106) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If the discount was $155.80, then 41% of the original price is $155.80. Let p be the original price:
Divide both sides by 0.41:
The original price of the camera was $380
