Question

Rajan bought 5 copies of books to give as gift. The book was on sale for $5 off the original price.the total that rajan spent on 5 books was $2 more than he would have spent on 4 couples of the book at the original price.what was the original price?

Answer 1

Let the original price of one book be x. Then, the sale price of one book is x - 5.

The total cost of 5 books at the sale price is 5(x - 5) = 5x - 25.

The cost of 4 books at the original price is 4x.

According to the problem, the total cost of 5 books at the sale price is $2 more than the cost of 4 books at the original price:

5x - 25 = 4x + 2

Solving for x, we get:

x = 27

Therefore, the original price of one book is $27.