PSLE
Nicole wanted to buy a blouse. She saw a gold blouse on sale at 25% discount and a red blouse at 35% discount. Both blouses had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the gold blouse, Nicole would need $7.20 more that what she had. So Nicole bought the red blouse. After that, she had $19 left.

1. What was the original price of the gold blouse?
2. How much money did Nicole have at first?

	Gold blouse	Red blouse
Before	100%	100%
Change	- 25%	- 35%
After	75%	65%

(a)
Difference in the discount between the gold blouse and the red blouse
= 35% - 25%
= 10%

Additional amount that Nicole needed to pay if she would buy the gold blouse
= 7.20 + 19
= $26.20

10% →  26.20
100% → ^26.20₁₀ x 100 = 262

Original price of the gold blouse = $262

(b)
Price of the red blouse after discount in percentage
= 100% - 35%
= 65%

Price of the red blouse after discount
= ⁶⁵₁₀₀ x 262
= $170.30

Amount that Nicole had at first
= 170.30 + 19
= $189.30

Answer(s): (a) $262; (b) $189.30