At a sale this week, a desk is being sold for $285.60. This is 34% of the original price.
What is the original price?

Respuesta :

well, let's say the original price is "x", which namely 100% of the price of the product, we also know that 285.60 is 34% of that.

[tex]\begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \cline{1-2} x&100\\ 285.60&34 \end{array}\implies \cfrac{x}{285.60}=\cfrac{100}{34}\implies \cfrac{x}{285.60}=\cfrac{50}{17} \\\\\\ 17x=14280\implies x = \cfrac{14280}{17}\implies x = 840[/tex]