PSLE
Fiona wanted to buy a shirt. She saw a gold shirt on sale at 25% discount and a red shirt at 35% discount. Both shirts had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the gold shirt, Fiona would need $8.80 more that what she had. So Fiona bought the red shirt. After that, she had $6 left.

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

	Gold shirt	Red shirt
Before	100%	100%
Change	- 25%	- 35%
After	75%	65%

(a)
Difference in the discount between the gold shirt and the red shirt
= 35% - 25%
= 10%

Additional amount that Fiona needed to pay if she would buy the gold shirt
= 8.80 + 6
= $14.80

10% →  14.80
100% → ^14.80₁₀ x 100 = 148

Original price of the gold shirt = $148

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

Price of the red shirt after discount
= ⁶⁵₁₀₀ x 148
= $96.20

Amount that Fiona had at first
= 96.20 + 6
= $102.20

Answer(s): (a) $148; (b) $102.20