Given:
Original price of a TV = $499
Price increased by 15%.
To find:
The new price of the TV.
Solution:
According to the question,
New price of the TV = Original price + 15% of its original price.
[tex]\text{New price of the TV}=499+\dfrac{15}{100}(499)[/tex]
[tex]\text{New price of the TV}=499+74.85[/tex]
[tex]\text{New price of the TV}=573.85[/tex]
Therefore, the new price of the TV is $573.85.