The sale price for this hp touch laptop is $249. this store is offering it at 30% off the original price on black friday. what was the original price?

ANSWER

The original price was



EXPLANATION

Let the original price be


This original price corresponds to


When 30℅ is off, then the remaining percentage is 70℅.

This implies that,



Or



We divide both sides by 0.7 to get,





The original price was $ 355.71 to the nearest hundredth.