how can you figure the original price of an item that has been discounted, lets say sale price is 350 , that was after a 25 percent discount, how do i find the starting price?

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mathstudent55 · Answer

Here is one way of doing this.
The original price of an item is 100% of the price of the item.
If the item is discounted 25%, then since 100% - 25% = 75%, the discounted price is only 75% of the original price.

Let the original price be x.

Then

75%x = 350

Solve for x.
Change 75% into a decimal, and divide both sides of the equation by that number.