MATH WORD PROBLEM

Question

The price of an item has been reduced by . The new sale price is . What was the original price?

Answer 1

I do hope you realize that you are missing all of the main parts of this problem. You have to be given some of the information to be able to find the missing part. The formula you would use for this type of problem is

SALE PRICE = ORIGINAL PRICE - AMOUNT REDUCED the amount reduced is often a percentage (written in decimal form) multiplied times the original price.