document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=31800>Question 31800</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Someone asked this question earlier and the answer is given I just want to know how u got .75? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A pair of jeans sells for $36 after a 25% discount. What is the original price of the jeans?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-0.25x=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.75x = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 36/0.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 48 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the answer is $48.  How dod uget the .75  What do u do to get that? Thank You<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #18400 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=18400\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in words:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let original price be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we then reduce the price by 25%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So what is 25% of x? Well, 25% is 25 percent. PERCENT is Latin: PER CENT....out of 100. So 25 out of 100 is 25/100 --> 0.25.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 0.25 of x means 0.25x. This is the amount we took off, to reduce the price.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we had ORIGINAL less REDUCTION = new price<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> x - 0.25x = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 1x - 0.25x = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 0.75x = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> x = 36/0.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> x = 48\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once you get used to questions like these, you can do the majority in your head:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eg reduce by 12% is 0.88x, since we have x-0.12x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eg reduce by 40% is 0.60x, since we have x-0.40x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simialrly, an increase of 15% is 1.15x, since we have x+0.15x. And so on.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Does that help?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon.<BR>\n" );
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