Question

Steve buys last year's best-selling novel, in hardcover, for $14.00$⁢14.00. this is with a 30%30% discount from the original price. what was the original price of the novel?

Answer 1

if it was a 30% discount, then he paid 70%

70% of the original price = 14
0.70x = 14
x = 14 / 0.70
x = 20 <== original price