the original price before the discount would be $5.00
checking the work:
if the original price is $5.00 and you want to find the discount if its 70% then you would first have to find how much you save from the discount.
5 x 70/100
3.5
so you would save $3.50 and if you wanted to find the new discounted price you would take away $3.50 from $5.00
5 - 3.5
1.5
therefore, $1.50 is the discounted price IF the original price was $5.00
