an item at a discount of 12% was sold for $44. What was the original price of the item?

Question

an item at a discount of 12% was sold for $44. What was the original price of the item?

Answer 1

To solve this we can write an equation, 0.88x = 44, which says that you paid 88% of the original price of the item.  Paying 88% of the original price is the same as saying that you received a 12% discount.  From here, we can solve for x:

 

0.88x = 44

x = 44/0.88

x = 50

 

The original price of the item was $50.