SOLUTION: A shoe store has discounted the price of shoes by 20%. If the sale price is $49.95, what was the original price?
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Question 667782: A shoe store has discounted the price of shoes by 20%. If the sale price is $49.95, what was the original price?
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Where x is the original price,
x - .2x = 49.95
.8x = 49.95
as the original price
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If the sale is 20% off, then 80% of the price remains (100-20 = 80),
.8 of what, x, = 49.95
.8x = 49.95 when x = $62.44
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