PSLE
Lucy wanted to buy a blazer. She saw a green blazer on sale at 15% discount and a red blazer at 35% discount. Both blazers had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the green blazer, Lucy would need $8.80 more that what she had. So Lucy bought the red blazer. After that, she had $14 left.

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

	Green blazer	Red blazer
Before	100%	100%
Change	- 15%	- 35%
After	85%	65%

(a)
Difference in the discount between the green blazer and the red blazer
= 35% - 15%
= 20%

Additional amount that Lucy needed to pay if she would buy the green blazer
= 8.80 + 14
= $22.80

20% →  22.80
100% → ^22.80₂₀ x 100 = 114

Original price of the green blazer = $114

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

Price of the red blazer after discount
= ⁶⁵₁₀₀ x 114
= $74.10

Amount that Lucy had at first
= 74.10 + 14
= $88.10

Answer(s): (a) $114; (b) $88.10