Aprodigiks laptop is sold for
$
1,189
at a reduction of
18
%
on its recommended retail price. what was the computer's original (recommended retail) price? round your answer to the nearest dollar.

recommended retail price of the laptop was $1450.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the recommended retail price of a Prodigiks laptop is = $x

After 18% discount retail price of the laptop will be = x - (18% of x)

= x - 0.18x

= $0.82x

Since the laptop was sold for $1189, the equation that models the retail price of the laptop will be

0.82x = 1189

x =

x = $1450

Therefore, recommended retail price of the laptop was $1450.

the answer to this question is in the pic

the graph in the attached figure

step-by-step explanation:

we have

using a graphing tool

the graph in the attached figure

the roots are ( x-intercepts) x=-0.5,x=1,x=3

the y-intercept is the point (0,3)