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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A shop has a sale where all items are discounted by 25%. If a pair of jeans cost $30 in the sale, what was the original price?

Parth (parthkohli):

\(\Large \color{purple}{x - {25x \over 100} = 30 }\) Solve this equation.

Parth (parthkohli):

You get it?

Parth (parthkohli):

x is the original price.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

uhh..

Parth (parthkohli):

See, you subtract 25% of the original price from the original price and you get 30 dollars =))

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So .75X=30 in otherwords 75% is what you are paying, time the original price which is unknown, equals 30.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0.75/1.0 = 30.00/x solve for x ratio of discount percentage (75%) to original (100%) is equal to the ratio of the discounted price ($30) to original price (x)

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