Question

A carpect salesperson claims that a carpet on sid for $12.95 per square yard is 30% off its original price. What was its original price?

Answer 1

12.95      30
-------- =  ----
 x            100

1295  = 30x
-------    -----
30          30

x = 43.16666667
 
not sure how u want to round

Answer 2

Answer:

It's original price as $18.5.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three.

$12.95 per square yard is 30% off its original price.

This means that $12.95 is 100-30 = 70% = 0.7 of the original price. How much is 100% = 1?

x - 1

12.95 - 0.7

$0.7x = 12.95$

$x = \frac{12.95}{0.7}$

$x = 18.5$

It's original price as $18.5.