A wedding dress was marked up 35% and is now selling for $270.00. What was the original price of the dress?

Mathematics

2 answers:

qaws [65]2 years ago

5 0

$270 equals 135% of the original price

270/x=135/100

135*2=270
100*2=200

Final answer: $200

malfutka [58]2 years ago

4 0

Answer : The original price of dress was, $200.00

Step-by-step explanation :

Let the original price be, 'x'

So, the selling price will be = $x+35\% \times x$

The selling price of dress = $270.00

Now we have to calculate the original price of the dress.

$x+35\% \times x=270.00$

$x+\frac{35}{100} \times x=270.00$

$\frac{135x}{100}=270.00$

$x=\frac{100}{135}\times 270.00$

$x=200.00$

Thus, the original price of dress was, $200.00

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