Question

This week, a desk is being sold for $612.00
. This is a 15%
discount from the original price. What is the original price?

Answer 1

To find the original price before the discount, you can use the formula:

\[
\text{Original Price} = \frac{\text{Sale Price}}{1 - \text{Discount Rate}}
\]

In this case, the sale price is $612.00 and the discount rate is 15%, or 0.15 in decimal form.

Now plug in the values:

\[
\text{Original Price} = \frac{612.00}{1 - 0.15} = \frac{612.00}{0.85}
\]

Now, calculate it:

\[
\text{Original Price} = \frac{612.00}{0.85} \approx 720.00
\]

So, the original price is approximately **$720.00**.