Question

At a sale this week, a table is being sold for 469$
. This is a 33%
discount from the original price.

What is the original price?

Answer 1

okay let me figure out the proportion

Answer 2

6700/11

Answer 3

That is what I got.

Answer 4

now what?

Answer 5

Divide 6700 by 11 and round to the nearest hundredth

Answer 6

609.1?

Answer 7

That is what I got... but I'm starting to think I set it up wrong. Oh dear...

Answer 8

One sec

Answer 9

You're finding the original price

Answer 10

Yeah, I'm pretty certain I set it up wrong, sorry. https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/finance/Money_Word_Problems.faq.question.541404.html Try this. It uses a similar problem

Answer 11

so what do you do?

Answer 12

I put 77 instead of 67%. So Take 100-33 to get 67
Then divide 469 by 0.67

Answer 13

Yeah, this is definitely right. ^

Answer 14

yea its 700 on the dot

Answer 15

yup, sorry I messed it up the first time

Answer 16

could you help me out on some more?

Answer 17

Yeah sure

Answer 18

Frank bought a sofa on sale for $578
. This price was 15%
less than the original price.
What was the original price?

Answer 19

i found that one its 680$ xD

Answer 20

Awesome

Answer 21

At a sale, a suit is being sold for 36%
of the regular price. The sale price is $345.60

Whats the original price?

Answer 22

345.60*0.64

Answer 23

whoops divided

Answer 24

not multiplied

Answer 25

540

Answer 26

yeah

Answer 27

Thats the answer?

Answer 28

Yes

Answer 29

no its not it said incorrect

Answer 30

hmm...

Answer 31

I'll check my work

Answer 32

I really think it's 540. I did it the same as the others... and 540-(540*.36)=345.60

Answer 33

its showing as incorrect

Answer 34

I can't help sorry :(
Did you accidentally add a space or something?