original price

Question

After a 60 %

?reduction, you purchase a new clothes dryer

on sale for ?$208
.
What was the original price of the clothes dryer
??

Answer 1

Let x = original price

 

Translate:

  "After a 60 % reduction, you purchase a new clothes dryer on sale for $208"   means

     ( x    -(60/100)x )                                                                    =   208

 

Re-write:

    (x - (60/100)x) = 208

     (40/100)x = 208         [you fill in]

       x = 520                    [you fill in]

 

The original price was $520.