PSLE
Marion wanted to buy a coat. She saw a purple coat on sale at 10% discount and a gold coat at 20% discount. Both coats had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the purple coat, Marion would need $5.60 more that what she had. So Marion bought the gold coat. After that, she had $14 left.

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

	Purple coat	Gold coat
Before	100%	100%
Change	- 10%	- 20%
After	90%	80%

(a)
Difference in the discount between the purple coat and the gold coat
= 20% - 10%
= 10%

Additional amount that Marion needed to pay if she would buy the purple coat
= 5.60 + 14
= $19.60

10% →  19.60
100% → ^19.60₁₀ x 100 = 196

Original price of the purple coat = $196

(b)
Price of the gold coat after discount in percentage
= 100% - 20%
= 80%

Price of the gold coat after discount
= ⁸⁰₁₀₀ x 196
= $156.80

Amount that Marion had at first
= 156.80 + 14
= $170.80

Answer(s): (a) $196; (b) $170.80