PSLE
Elyse wanted to buy a coat. She saw a green coat on sale at 25% discount and a red coat at 45% discount. Both coats had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the green coat, Elyse would need $9.60 more that what she had. So Elyse bought the red coat. After that, she had $8 left.

1. What was the original price of the green coat?
2. How much money did Elyse have at first?

	Green coat	Red coat
Before	100%	100%
Change	- 25%	- 45%
After	75%	55%

(a)
Difference in the discount between the green coat and the red coat
= 45% - 25%
= 20%

Additional amount that Elyse needed to pay if she would buy the green coat
= 9.60 + 8
= $17.60

20% →  17.60
100% → ^17.60₂₀ x 100 = 88

Original price of the green coat = $88

(b)
Price of the red coat after discount in percentage
= 100% - 45%
= 55%

Price of the red coat after discount
= ⁵⁵₁₀₀ x 88
= $48.40

Amount that Elyse had at first
= 48.40 + 8
= $56.40

Answer(s): (a) $88; (b) $56.40