A car dealership lowered all of its car prices by 15%. Given the above information, what was the original price of a car now priced at £9500?

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Paula Lang

11 July, 04:18

A car dealership lowered all of its car prices by 15%. Given the above information, what was the original price of a car now priced at £9500?

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Julianna Cordova · Answer 1

9,500 is 15% less than the original price.

So it must be 85% of the original price.

£9,500 = 0.85 P

Divide each side by 0.85:

P = £9,500 / 0.85 = £11,176.47

Evangeline · Answer 2

The original price would be 9500 + (0.15*9500) = 10925