Answer: 6600
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the original price, first we need to answer, \$\greenD{1.54}$1.54dollar sign, start color #1fab54, 1, point, 54, end color #1fab54 is \blueD{5.5}\%5.5%start color #11accd, 5, point, 5, end color #11accd, percent of what number?
Hint #22 / 5
Percent means per hundred, so \blueD{5.5}\%5.5%start color #11accd, 5, point, 5, end color #11accd, percent is equivalent to \blueD{\dfrac{5.5}{100}}
100
5.5
start color #11accd, start fraction, 5, point, 5, divided by, 100, end fraction, end color #11accd which is also equal to \blueD{5.5\div 100}5.5÷100start color #11accd, 5, point, 5, divided by, 100, end color #11accd.
\blueD{5.5 \div 100 = 0.055}5.5÷100=0.055start color #11accd, 5, point, 5, divided by, 100, equals, 0, point, 055, end color #11accd
Hint #33 / 5
To find the original price, we need to know \blueD{0.055}0.055start color #11accd, 0, point, 055, end color #11accd times what number equals \greenD{1.54}1.54start color #1fab54, 1, point, 54, end color #1fab54.
\blueD{0.055} \maroonD{x} = \greenD{\$1.54}0.055x=$1.54start color #11accd, 0, point, 055, end color #11accd, start color #ca337c, x, end color #ca337c, equals, start color #1fab54, dollar sign, 1, point, 54, end color #1fab54
Hint #44 / 5
\begin{aligned} \blueD{0.055} \maroonD{x} &= \greenD{\$1.54} \\\\ \dfrac{\blueD{0.055} \maroonD{x}}{\blueD{0.055}} &= \dfrac{\greenD{\$1.54}}{\blueD{0.055}} \\\\ \maroonD{x} &= \maroonD{28} \end{aligned}
0.055x
0.055
0.055x
x
=$1.54
=
0.055
$1.54
=6600
