Question

A shirt on sale for $ 15.00 and has been marked down 35%. how much was the shirt being sold for before the sale?

Answer 1

If the old shirt cost 100 dollars, and is then marked down 35%, that means it would cost $65 after markdown.

(notice that in decimals1.00 - 0.35 = 0.65)

The problem here is that the shirt did not originally cost $100 or that would be too easy. :-p Since it costs $15 AFTER being marked down... we must solve for the old price (call it P)

(old price) times ( 0.65) = 15

or

0.65P = 15

Hope this helps. :)

Answer 2

thanks ^_^ it did help!

Answer 3

so p= 15.00/0.65=23.0769.....

Answer 4

Two things about your answer:

1) Test it to make sure it's true! (take P and multiply it by 0.65, which is the same as taking off 35%).

2) Dollars and Cents only go up to the hundredths place, so round your answer accordingly. Nobody pays a bill for $23.0769! ;-p

Good work!

Answer 5

LOL ok 23.08!!

Answer 6

after working this, i had 42.86

if 15.00 is 35% of the original price, then the original price is unknown so say, Y.
35% x Y=15
=> Y=1500/35
Y=42.86 approximately

Answer 7

Saosogeek -- sorry but that is incorrect.

To take off 35% means:

(original price) MINUS (35% of original price) = (new price)

If we let P = original price and $15 be the new price:

P - 0.35P = 15

But the left side is just 0.65P

so that is why you write

0.65P = 15

The answer MekMek has is correct.

Answer 8

i think i get it now :) thanks for the further explanation :)