Question

A desk is being sold at 40% discount, the sale price is 420 what was its original price?

Answer 1

The discount rate is therefore 40%. To find the initial price, the following calculation is made: Initial price = price after discount/(1 - the discount rate).

....40% drop = coefficient 1-(40/100)= 0.6

original price: 420/0.6=700

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