Question

There was a 40% OFF SALE. The sale price of a golf club is $30. What was the original price?

Answer 1

The golf club's original price was $50.

Explanation:

$30 represents 60% of the total price of the golf club.

We must divide 30 by 6 to find how much 10% of the total price of the golf club would be.

`30/6 = 5`

So, since we know that 10% of the golf club's total price would be $5, if we multiply that by 10, we'd get its total price.

`5*10=50`

The golf club's original price was $50.

To double check, we can take off 40%.

`50*0.4=20`

`50 - 20 = 30`

Our answer is correct.