PSLE
Xylia wanted to buy a jumpsuit. She saw a gold jumpsuit on sale at 20% discount and a yellow jumpsuit at 40% discount. Both jumpsuits had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the gold jumpsuit, Xylia would need $8.60 more that what she had. So Xylia bought the yellow jumpsuit. After that, she had $14 left.

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

	Gold jumpsuit	Yellow jumpsuit
Before	100%	100%
Change	- 20%	- 40%
After	80%	60%

(a)
Difference in the discount between the gold jumpsuit and the yellow jumpsuit
= 40% - 20%
= 20%

Additional amount that Xylia needed to pay if she would buy the gold jumpsuit
= 8.60 + 14
= $22.60

20% →  22.60
100% → ^22.60₂₀ x 100 = 113

Original price of the gold jumpsuit = $113

(b)
Price of the yellow jumpsuit after discount in percentage
= 100% - 40%
= 60%

Price of the yellow jumpsuit after discount
= ⁶⁰₁₀₀ x 113
= $67.80

Amount that Xylia had at first
= 67.80 + 14
= $81.80

Answer(s): (a) $113; (b) $81.80