Question

Sol bought a refrigerator on sale for 15% off theoriginal price, for $189. What was the price of therefrigerator before the sale?

Answer 1

Given

Sol bought a refrigerator = $189

sale off = 15%

Find

Price of the refrigerator before the sale?

Explanation

Let price of refrigerator before sale = x

so , 15% of x = 0.15x

according to the question ,

$\begin{gathered} x-0.15x=189 \\ 0.85x=189 \\ x=\frac{189}{0.85} \\ \\ x=222.352941176\approx222.4\approx223 \end{gathered}$

Final Answer

Hence , the price of the refrigerator before the sale is $222.4