Question

After a 15% reduction, the sale price of a car is £13175. What was the

original price of the car?

Answer 1

• The original price of the car was £15500

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Let the original price be x.

Then we have the following equation:

• x - 15% of x = 13175
• x - 0.15x = 13175
• 0.85x = 13175
• x = 13175/0.85
• x = 15500