The price of a cd player has been reduced by 15% in a sale . it now costs £320. what was the original price?
Question asked by: Shannon14
Asked on: 18 Nov 2009
This is a classic percentage based maths question, it crops up in GCSE papers and things so is worth working out how to solve!
It now costs £320 having been reduced 15%. So write it as an equation.
0.85x = 320
Therefore x is £376.47
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