An appliance store drops the price of a certain tv 18% to a sale price of $410. what was the origional price?

Okay so, the formula we can use for this problem will be x = 410/.82, x being the original price of the TV. The. 82 was figured to make up for the 18% lost from the original price. 410/.82=500. so the original price of the TV would be $500. To check our answer we can multiply 500 by the sale price and subtract that amount from the original $500. Like so: 500 - (500*.18) = 410.