Question

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Answer 1

The painting's original price was $3,500.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

The price now is $500 lesser than 3 times the original price. So

The current selling price = (3 × original price) - $500.

If the current selling price is y and the original price is x, then

$y = 3x-500.$

Step 2:

For this question, we have $y = 10,000$. Substituting this in the equation, we get

$10,000 = 3x - 500, 3x = 10,500, x = \frac{10,500}{3} = 3,500.$

So the original price of the classic painting was $3,500.