Problem

c. Sandy made a $30 \%$ deposit on the purchase of a computer. She gave the clerk $\$ 168$. What is the price of the computer?

Answer

Expert–verified
Hide Steps
Answer

Final Answer: The price of the computer is \(\boxed{560}\).

Steps

Step 1 :Sandy made a deposit which is 30% of the total price of the computer. She gave the clerk $168.

Step 2 :We can set up the equation \(0.30 * x = 168\), where x is the total price of the computer.

Step 3 :Solving for x will give us the total price of the computer.

Step 4 :\(x = \frac{168}{0.30} = 560.0\)

Step 5 :Final Answer: The price of the computer is \(\boxed{560}\).

link_gpt