Question

A store sold a case of scented candles for $17.85 that had been marked up 110%. What was the original price?

Thanks my teacher hates my class so gives us hard homework );

Answer 1

Let the letter o represent the original price.

17.85 = o + (o*1.10)
17.85 = 2.10 * o
o = 17.85/2.10=8.5
The original price was $8.50

Answer 2

16.065

Explanation:

First you have to find 10 percent of 17.85 by dividing 17.85 by 10

10 / 17.85 = 1.785

then you subtract 1.785 by 17.85 to get the original price