ECZ 2015 · O-Level Paper 1 — Social and Commercial Arithmetic
A furniture shop conducted a sale. In this sale, prices were reduced by 15%. Find the price before reduction of a table that was reduced by K120.00.
- A. K800.00
- B. K680.00
- C. K920.00
- D. K141.18
Verified working — step 1
The reduction is 15% of the original price P: 0.15P = 120, so P = 120 ÷ 0.15 = …The full step-by-step working and final answer are included with Premium — checked against ECZ marking standards.
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