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# Joan bought a calculator at a discounted price that was 30 p

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Joan bought a calculator at a discounted price that was 30 p [#permalink]  04 Mar 2017, 08:15
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Joan bought a calculator at a discounted price that was 30 percent less than the original price. If the discounted price of the calculator was $105, what was the original price? A)$75

B) $120 C)$135

D) $150 E)$195
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Re: Joan bought a calculator at a discounted price that was 30 p [#permalink]  10 Mar 2017, 17:03
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Let the original price be P.

The original price (P) minus 30% of the original price (P) equals the discounted price.

P – 30% of P = $105 $$P - 0.30(P) = 105$$ $$0.70(P) = 105$$ $$P = 150$$ Hence option D is correct. _________________ Sandy If you found this post useful, please let me know by pressing the Kudos Button Try our free Online GRE Test Target Test Prep Representative Status: Head GRE Instructor Affiliations: Target Test Prep Joined: 09 May 2016 Posts: 161 Location: United States Followers: 4 Kudos [?]: 114 [0], given: 0 Re: Joan bought a calculator at a discounted price that was 30 p [#permalink] 29 May 2018, 14:56 Expert's post Carcass wrote: Joan bought a calculator at a discounted price that was 30 percent less than the original price. If the discounted price of the calculator was$105, what was the original price?

A) $75 B)$120

C) $135 D)$150

E) \$195

If we let n = the original price of the calculator, we see that 0.7n is the discounted price. We can create the equation:

0.7n = 105

n = 105/0.7 = 150

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Re: Joan bought a calculator at a discounted price that was 30 p   [#permalink] 29 May 2018, 14:56
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