Provide an appropriate response.Jessica wanted to solve the following problem: The price of an item increased by 15%. The amount of the increase was $86. What was the price of the item before the increase? She wrote the following equation: 15% × 86 = x. Will this equation will give her the correct answer? If not, what is the correct equation?
What will be an ideal response?
This equation will not give her the correct answer. The correct equation is 
Since there was a 15% increase from the original, unknown price (x), 15% should be multiplied by x, not by the dollar amount of the increase. (Explanations will vary.)
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