Question

Heidi purchased a used car. She made a down payment of 1504. This was 16% of the purchase price, what’s the price of the used car. I need to see the steps to solve this problem

Answer 1

We have

1504 represents 16%

? represents 100%

In order to calculate the 100% and find the price of the car, we will do the operation

`\frac{1504*100\text{ \%}}{16\text{ \%}}=(150400)/(16)=9400`

ANSWER

$9400 is the price of the used car