Question

during a clearance sale an electronic store sold a blu ray player for $225 if items on sale were discounted by 75% find the original retail price of the blu ray player

Answer 1

Just do 225 times 100 divided by 75 to get your answers which would be 300.

Answer 2

Answer: $900

Explanation:

Let the original price of the blu ray player be x.

Given : During a clearance sale an electronic store sold a blu ray player for $225 if items on sale were discounted by 75%.

75% = 0.75 [we divide percent by 100 to convert it into decimal]

According to the question , we have

`x-0.75x=225\\\\\Rightarrow\ 0.25x=225\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=(225)/(0.25)=900`

Hence, the original retail price of the blu ray player = $900.