Lisa bought a suit on sale for 459. This price was 15% less than the original price. What was the original price?
Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given : Selling price of suit = 459
Discount = 15%
So, here 459 is 85% of original price.
Let the original price be x
Thus, 85% x = 459
85/100 x = 459
x = 45900/85
x = 540
Thus, original price of suit is 540.