Question

A digital camera is on sale for $400.This price is 15% off the original price.What was the original price ?

Answer 1

400 - 15% =

340

15% of $400 is $60, so subtract $60 from $400.

Final answer: $340.0

Answer 2

The problem saying the digital camera is on sale for $400 and that is 15% off. Thats mean %400 dollar is equivalents to 85% of the original price. Lets say the 100% is equal to d so it would be like this :

%85. $400
——— = ———. -> we would do cross multiplication-> 400*100 = $40000/ %85 = 470.59
%100. d


Answer = The original price would be $470.59