ANSWER:
The original price of the saw was $32.
SOLUTION:
Given, Barbara saw a drill marked $28 this was 87.5% of the original price.
We need find what was the original price of that saw.
Let, the original price of saw be p.
Now, according to given information,
$28 was 87.5% of the original price
28 = 87.5% of original price
[tex]\begin{array}{l}{28=87.5 \% \times p} \\ {28=\frac{87.5}{100} \times p}\end{array}[/tex]
[tex]\begin{array}{l}{28 \times 100=87.5 \times p} \\ {P=\frac{2800}{87.5}}\end{array}[/tex]
p = 32
Hence, the original price of the saw was $32.
