MATHEMATICS QUESTION

Question

A company sold garden hoses at a reduced price of $ 5.69 and took an end - of- season markdown of $ 10.26. What was the original selling price of each hoses ?

Use formula M=S -- N, WHERE M is the markdown . S is the original selling price, and N is the reduced price ?

The original selling price of each hose is ?

Answer 1

Hi..

With word problems, I like to summarize the information given.

Garden hose price:

N=reduced price = $ 5.69

M=markdown of $10.26

What we are looking for: Find the original selling price.

The formula from the problem

M=S -- N

The know values are M and N.. The "unknown" is S

We can plug in the information given and solve for S

$10.26 = S - $5.69

$10,.26+$5.69 = S

$15.95 = S The Original price