Question

At great buy the price of a Blu ray player dropped 17.5% to $129. wht was the original price of the Bluray player to the nearest dollar

Answer 1

A discount of 17.5% means How will the original full price be affected?

Whole price - 17.5% = 82.5%

So 82.5% of the original is $129.

0.85p = 129

p = 129/0.85