Question

Nicole bought a suit on sale for $219. The price was 27% less than the original price. what was the original price?

Answer 1

What you're going to do is multiply $219 by .27. Which is $59.13. now you're going to add that to the original $219.

$287.13.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

to reduce a number by \(27\%\) multiply it by \(100\%-27\%=73\%=.73\)
you know \(.73\times \text{original price}=\$219\) and so
\[\text{original price}=\$219\div .73\]

Answer 3

btw not to be critical but the method written above will absolutely not work

Answer 4

that is clear, because \(27\%\) of the reduced price is less than \(\27\%\) of the original price, which you do not know

Answer 5

so it would be $300?

Answer 6

i don't know, i didn't do it
give me a second

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

thank you!

Answer 9

you will notice that \(219+59.13\) does not work
make sure to divide, not add

Answer 10

yw