Rates and Proportions

Question

A store is having a sale. Every item in the store is advertised as one-fifth of the original price. If an item is marked with a sale price of $120, what was the original price?

Answer 1

Hi Tina,

Let the Original price be $x.

Sale price = one-fifth of the original price

120 = (1/5) x

120 (5) = x

600 = x

So, the original price of an item is $600.

Hope this is helpful.