Carolina's TV Purchase

How much did Carolina pay for her TV?

Carolina bought a 50-inch TV for 9200 pesos with a 20% discount. How much more would the TV have cost without the discount?

Answer:

Carolina paid 9200 pesos for the TV with a 20% discount. To find out the original price before the discount, we can calculate as follows:

Let x be the original price of the TV.

By applying the 20% discount, we have: 9200 = x - 0.2x 9200 = 0.8x x = 9200 / 0.8 x = 11500 pesos

Therefore, the TV would have cost 11500 pesos without the discount. So, the TV costed 2300 pesos more without the discount.

Explanation:

Carolina bought a 50-inch TV for 9200 pesos, but with a 20% discount applied. This means that the price she actually paid was 9200 pesos, which is 80% of the original price.

To find out the original price of the TV, we need to divide the price she paid by 0.8 (100% - 20% = 80%). This gives us the original price of 11500 pesos.

Therefore, if Carolina did not receive the 20% discount, the TV would have costed her 11500 pesos, which is 2300 pesos more than what she actually paid.