Question

Tom paid $245.97 for a laptop. This was 3/5 of the original price. What was the original price?

Answer 1

$409.95

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Answer 2

Let us say original price of the laptop was x dollars.

Price paid by Tom for the laptop = $245.97

Now this price paid by tom was 3/5 of the original price.

So we can make an equation using this information as :

`(3)/(5)x=245.97`

So here 3/5 is in multiplication on the left, so dividing it on the right side we have:

x=409.95

So the original price of the laptop was $409.95

Answer: The original price of the laptop was 409.95 dollars.