An appliance is on sale at 30% discount. If the sale price is $42.00, what was the original price of the appliance?
0.7x = 42
Solve for x.
Ahhhh, okay I see what to do now. Thank you, Ms.Sue!
You're welcome, Leah.
To find the original price of the appliance, we can use the formula:
Original Price = Sale Price / (1 - Discount)
In this case, the sale price is $42.00, and the discount is 30%. First, we need to convert the discount percentage to a decimal by dividing it by 100:
Discount = 30 / 100 = 0.30
Now we can substitute the values into the formula:
Original Price = $42.00 / (1 - 0.30)
Original Price = $42.00 / 0.70
To divide by 0.70, we can multiply by its reciprocal, which is 1/0.70:
Original Price = $42.00 * (1 / 0.70)
Original Price = $42.00 * 1.43
Finally, we can calculate the original price:
Original Price = $60.06
Therefore, the original price of the appliance was $60.06.