Question
A bookshop reduced the price of it's books by 15%. Janet bought a book for gh cedi 2,700.00 during the reduction sale. What was the original price of the book
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Let the original price of the book be \( P \).
When the price is reduced by 15%, the customer pays 85% of the original price. This can be expressed mathematically as:
\[
0.85P = 2700
\]
To find the original price \( P \), we can divide both sides by 0.85:
\[
P = \frac{2700}{0.85}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
P = 3176.47
\]
So, the original price of the book was approximately **GH₵ 3,176.47**.
When the price is reduced by 15%, the customer pays 85% of the original price. This can be expressed mathematically as:
\[
0.85P = 2700
\]
To find the original price \( P \), we can divide both sides by 0.85:
\[
P = \frac{2700}{0.85}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
P = 3176.47
\]
So, the original price of the book was approximately **GH₵ 3,176.47**.