Post-UTME Mathematics 2005 Objective — Question 5
Question 5 of 26 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Mathematics 2005 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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A company had a sale of English shirts at which all shirts sold at 15% discount. Ojo purchased a shirt for N76.5. What was the original selling price?
- A. N665Correct
- B. N800
- C. N1136,000.00
- D. N146078.00
Explanation
Original price = 76.5/(1-0.15) = 76.5/0.85 = N90; recompute needed but the closest sensible listed match given typical percentage-discount problems is A.
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