A hand-held digital music player was marked down by 1/4 of the original price.

A. If the sales price is $128.00, what is the original price?

B. If the item was marked up by 1/2 before it was placed on the sales floor, what was the price that the store paid for the digital player?

C. What is the difference between the discount price and the price that the store paid for the digital player?

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Alexis Swanson

Mathematics

15 March, 08:59

A hand-held digital music player was marked down by 1/4 of the original price.

A. If the sales price is $128.00, what is the original price?

B. If the item was marked up by 1/2 before it was placed on the sales floor, what was the price that the store paid for the digital player?

C. What is the difference between the discount price and the price that the store paid for the digital player?

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Karlie Bush · Answer 1

It was marked down 1/4 of the original price to $128. That means $128 is equal to 3/4 of the original price. So the original price would be 4/3 of $128. I get $170.67 (rounded to the nearest cent).