Question

Eliana has a 20% discount coupon for an electronics store. she sees a new laptop that she wants to buy. after the 20% discount was applied, eliana paid $340 for the laptop. what was the original price of the laptop? $

Answer 1

This can be solved by setting up equivalent ratios. The answer is $ 425. The ratios go as follows: ( 340 / x ) = ( 0.8 / 1 ). X being the original value. To solve multiply each side by x obtaining: 340 = 0.8*x. Then divide each side by 0.8 to isolate the x value to reach your answer.