Question

After a 5% discount, a telephone bill is $79.50. How much was the bill originally?

Answer 1

take the original telephone bill to be x
now 5% discount on it will be 5x/100
now telephone bill after discount is x-5x/100
this is equal to $79.50
Solve and get x.

Answer 2

the answer is 79.5 / .95 = 83.68 aapx

Answer 3

the original bill is $83.68 @matricked U r Right!!

Answer 4

add 5% of $79.50 + $79.50