The selling price for a classic speedboat is $18,000, which is $1500 more than two times its original price. What was the original price of the speedboat?
Answers
Answered by
3
Solution:
Let Original price of a speedboat(c.p) = $ x
selling price (s.p) = $18000
according to the problem given,
selling price
(s.p) = 2×c.p+ $1500
=> 2x+1500=18000
=> 2x = 18000-1500
=>2x = 16500
=> x = 16500/2
=> x = 8250
Therefore,
Original price of the speedboat
(x) = $8250
•••
alvairis1995:
do you mind helping me with this question.... The sum of three consecutive integers is 369. Find the three integers.
Similar questions