Question

Violet buys a premium sound system that is on sale for 40% off the original price. The original price is $224 more than the sale price

Answer 1

Answer:

The original price was of $560, while the sales price was of 560 - 224 = $336.

Step-by-step explanation:

Original price:

x

Sales price:

224 less than the sales price, that is:

x - 224.

On sale fo 40% of the original price:

So the sales price is 100 - 40 = 60% = 0.6 of the original price. That means that:

$x - 224 = 0.6x$

$0.4x = 224$

$x = \frac{224}{0.4}$

$x = 560$

The original price was of $560, while the sales price was of 560 - 224 = $336.