Claire's mom found a very good price on a large computer monitor. She paid $325 for a monitor that was only $65 more than the original price. What was the original price ?

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Answered on Tue May 10 2022

Let the original price of monitor be x

Then, according to question

x/2 + 65 = 325

Subtracting 65 from both sides, we get

x/2 + 65 - 65 = 325 - 65

x/2 = 260

Cross-Multiplying, we get

x = 260 × 2

x = 520

Thus, original cost monitor is $520