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.