Question

The dress store is having a sale where all merchandise is 1/4 off. A woman buys $24 of merchandise at the sale price. What would she have had to pay at the regular price?

Answer 1

if everything is 1/4 off, that would mean that she bought everything for 75% of its original value

now if "x" is the regular price of everything she bought

then .75 x must be equal to $24

.75 x = 25

if you divide .75 to both sides

then you can solve for x which is the regular price
x = 25/.75

Answer 2

oops, all the 25s should be 24