Question

1. jamie purchases a car at a 27% discount. he paid $13,870 for the car. what was the original price.

Explanation:

Step1: Define the original price

Let the original price of the car be $x$. A 27% discount means Jamie paid (100% - 27%) = 73% of the original price. So we can write the equation: $0.73x = 13870$.

Step2: Solve for x

To find $x$, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.73: $x=\frac{13870}{0.73}$.
Calculating the right side: $\frac{13870}{0.73}=19000$.

Answer:

The original price of the car was $\$19000$.