A portable music player is on sale for 20% off its original price. The sale price is $96.
What was the original price of the music player?
0.8x = 96
x = 120
To find the original price of the music player, we can use the information that the sale price is $96 and the player is on sale for 20% off.
To calculate the original price, we need to figure out what is 100% of the price after the discount. Since the discount is 20%, the sale price represents 80% of the original price.
We can set up the following equation to find the original price (represented by 'x'):
80% of x = $96
To solve for 'x', we need to divide both sides of the equation by 80% (or 0.8 as a decimal):
x = $96 / 0.8
Dividing $96 by 0.8, we find:
x = $120
Therefore, the original price of the music player was $120.