A suit is on sale for 285$, which is 76% of the regular price.
What is the regular price?

Question

A suit is on sale for 285$, which is 76% of the regular price.
What is the regular price?

mathstudent55 · Answer

The original price of the suit is 100% of the price.
The discount was 76% of the original price.
That means the amount paid is 100% - 76% = 34% of the original price.

anonymous · Answer

285 x 76%=216.60+285=501.60

mathstudent55 · Answer

Just one interesting but crucial point.

Do you mean 
"76% of the regular price"
or 
"76% off the regular price" ?

anonymous · Answer

rather crucial F i would say...

mathstudent55 · Answer

What I wrote above is based on interpreting the information as a discount of
76% off the regular price.

nyasia · Answer

Its 76 of the regular price

mathstudent55 · Answer

Then disregard what I wrote above.

mathstudent55 · Answer

Let's start again.

mathstudent55 · Answer

The price on sale is $285 which is 76% of the regular price.
Then the question is: $285 is 76% of what number?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Since the regular price, x,  (which we are looking for) is 100% of the price, we can set up a proportion:

x it to 100% as 285 is to 76%

$\dfrac{x}{100} = \dfrac{285}{76} $

Cross multiply and solve for x.

nyasia · Answer

Thank You !

mathstudent55 · Answer

You're welcome.