Question

A new television is on sale for $680.00, which is 20% off of its original price. What was the original price of the television?

Answer 1

$850.00

Explanation:

Lets start by calling the initial price of the TV to be P.

20% off means that we are paying 80% of the price which means that we are only paying: .8 * P

We know the sale price is $680.00, so we set that equal to .8 * P and solve.

We get P = $850.00 as the original price.