After getting a 15% discount on the price of a new Chrysler Sebring convertible..?

sorrowlaughed25 · Apr 3, 2010

Helen paid $27,000. What was the original price of the convertible to the nearest dollar?
Please show your work...

daSVgrouch · Apr 3, 2010

x(1-0.15) = 27000
x = 27000 / 0.85 = $31764.70588
to the nearest $ = $31765.