Question

The price of a wireless phone increased by 14% to $165. What was the original price to the nearest dollar?

Answer 1

If the original prize was x then what happened was that

114%x=165

or
$\frac{114}{100}$x=165

so we have to mupliply both sides by 100:

114x=16500

and divide by 114:

x=$\frac{16500}{114}$=$\frac{8250}{57}$=144$\frac{42}{57}$