Round your answer to the nearest dollar

Question

The sale price of a television is $260.00. Find the regular price if the sale price was computed by taking ½ off the regular price followed by an additional 25% discount on the reduced price

Answer 1

An equation to set up this problem would be as follows with R being the regular price of the television:

Rx(.50)x(.75) = 260.00

This states that the regular price, reduced by 50% and then reduced by 25% ( 1- .25) = 260.00

Dividing both sides by (.50) and (.75) yields an answer of $693.33 

and this rounded to the nearest dollar is $693