Question

David wants to buy a new tablet computer. He looks at a sales ad and sees that a computer store is selling a tablet computer for $499 which is 1/3 off the regular price.

Part A:
Write an equation that represents the situation. Let x = the original cost of the tablet.

Part B:
Find the original cost of the tablet computer.

Answer 1

Part A: x÷3=$499

Part B: $1497

Explanation:

A: Because to find a fraction of somthing we have to divide, so in this case we divided the original price by 3 to get $499.

B:To find the original price we have to multiply the one third of it ($499) by 3 to get the original amount.