Question 615565
Let x = the selling price of the truck.
Then x-$2,000.00 = 80% of x. You can express this algebraically as:
x-2000 = 0.8x  Simplify.  Add 2000 to both sides.
x = 2000+0.8x Now subtract 0.8x from both sides.
0.2x = 2000 Finally, divide both sides by 0.2
x = $10,000.00