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?

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parthkohli · Answer

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

parthkohli · Answer

You get it?

parthkohli · Answer

x is the original price.

anonymous · Answer

uhh..

parthkohli · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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)