PSLE
Jen wanted to buy a blazer. She saw a silver blazer on sale at 25% discount and a yellow blazer at 35% discount. Both blazers had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the silver blazer, Jen would need $4.40 more that what she had. So Jen bought the yellow blazer. After that, she had $4 left.

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

	Silver blazer	Yellow blazer
Before	100%	100%
Change	- 25%	- 35%
After	75%	65%

(a)
Difference in the discount between the silver blazer and the yellow blazer
= 35% - 25%
= 10%

Additional amount that Jen needed to pay if she would buy the silver blazer
= 4.40 + 4
= $8.40

10% →  8.40
100% → ^8.40₁₀ x 100 = 84

Original price of the silver blazer = $84

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

Price of the yellow blazer after discount
= ⁶⁵₁₀₀ x 84
= $54.60

Amount that Jen had at first
= 54.60 + 4
= $58.60

Answer(s): (a) $84; (b) $58.60