Question

A winter jacket is marked down $75\%$ from its original price. According to the new price tag, it now costs$\$52.50$. What was the original price?

Answer 1

Finding the original price:

Given that the winter jacket has a discount of $75\%$.

The new price is $\$52.50$

Let the original price of the jacket $x$

$75\%$of $x=\$52.50$

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow \frac{75}{100}x=52.50 \\ \Rightarrow x=52.50\times \frac{100}{75} \\ \Rightarrow x=\$70 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the original price of the winter jacket is $\$70$.