Question

Violet buys a premium sound system that is on sale for 40% off the original price. The original price is $224 more than the sale price

Answer 1

The original price was of $560, while the sales price was of 560 - 224 = $336.

Explanation:

Original price:

x

Sales price:

224 less than the sales price, that is:

x - 224.

On sale fo 40% of the original price:

So the sales price is 100 - 40 = 60% = 0.6 of the original price. That means that:

`x - 224 = 0.6x`

`0.4x = 224`

`x = (224)/(0.4)`

`x = 560`

The original price was of $560, while the sales price was of 560 - 224 = $336.