Question

Question

The price of an item has been reduced by 2.15 . The new sale price is 87.57. What was the original price?

Answer 1

To find the original price of the item before the reduction, you can add the amount of the reduction to the new sale price.

Let \( x \) be the original price. The equation can be set up as follows:

\[ x - 2.15 = 87.57 \]

To find \( x \), add 2.15 to both sides of the equation:

\[ x = 87.57 + 2.15 \]

Now, calculate the right side:

\[ x = 89.72 \]

Thus, the original price of the item was 89.72.