Percentage Question?

Question

After a 20% price slash, a car sold for $31,200. What was the car's price before the price slash ?

Answer 1

80%<----->$ 31,200
100%<--->(100 / 80) x $ 31,200
= (5/4) x $ 31,200
= 5 x $ 7,800
= $ 39,000
Price before price cut = $ 39,000

Answer 2

the price of the car after the slash was 80 % of the origional
20 % is 1/4 of 80 %
this means that we must multiply the price by 125 %
$ 31,200 * 1.25 = $39,000

Answer 3

Mensa Man's answer is the easiest. By dividing by the difference of 100 percent and the discount you'll get the original price. 1 - .20 = .80 31,200/.80 = 39,000

Answer 4

Let "X" be the original price,
Sold Price = Y = $31,200
Price Slash = 20% = Means the car was sold for 80% of the Original Price "X"
So the equation becomes,
0.80*X = Y
X = 31200 / 0.80
X = 39000
So the Original Price of the Car Sold is $39,000

Answer 5

20 % by 100 crossmultiply by the selling price of 31200 equals 3120000 divided by 20 equals the original price of the car before the price slash.

Answer 6

P = original price

20% = 20/100 = 1/5

P - (1/5)P = 31200

==> P(1 - 1/5) = 31200
==> P = 31200(5/4) = 39000

So, the original price of the car was $39,000.00

Answer 7

If the original price was x, 0.8 of x is 31,200. So, x = 31200 / 0.8 = 39000 dollars

Answer 8

Let x be the original price. We know that

x - .2x = 31200
.8x=31200
x=39000

$39,000

Answer 9

tip:
salesPrice = originalPrice * (1 - discountPercent/100)

so,
originalPrice = (salesPrice) / (1 - discountPercent/100)

originalPrice = (31200) / (1 - 20/100)
= 31200 / (0.8)
= 39,000

Answer 10

.8x * 31,200 = 39,000