A radio is being discounted 20%. If the sale price is $51.44, what was the original price of the radio? A. $12.86, B. 64.30, C.

Question

zheka24 [161]

3 years ago

11

A radio is being discounted 20%. If the sale price is $51.44, what was the original price of the radio? A. $12.86, B. 64.30, C.

$41.15, D. 65.05

Mathematics

2 answers:

katrin2010 [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-08T19:43:17+03:00

katrin2010 [14]3 years ago

7 0

The equation for decreasing a price by 20% is
original price x 0.8 = sale price

Here, we can fill in the sale price so
original price x 0.8 = 51.44

This can be rearranged to show:
51.44 ÷ 0.8 = original price

So the original price was $64.30

Answer = B - $64.30

MrRa [10] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-08T22:03:40+03:00

MrRa [10]3 years ago

7 0

The answer is B hope this helps