SOLUTION: Suppose you pay $24 for a pair of shoes that has been discounted 20%. What is the original price of the shoes? Show how you identify what you are looking for, set up an equation, a
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Question 1010753: Suppose you pay $24 for a pair of shoes that has been discounted 20%. What is the original price of the shoes? Show how you identify what you are looking for, set up an equation, arrive at your answer, and check your work. Then clearly state your answer.
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Original price: X
Discount 20%: X(0.20)
X-X(0.2)= 24
X- 0.2X= 24 Subtract on left
1X-0.2X= 0.8X So now we have:
0.8X= 24 Divide both sides by 0.8:
X= 24/0.8 Use your calculator to get the original price
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