Question

wendy goes to sears to buy a dress. sears is having a sale on all dresses for 30 percent off. wendy buys the dress for $40 after the discount. what was the original price. can someone walk me through this problem

Answer 1

30% of what is 40 ? so what does this mean in an equation can you set it up ?

Answer 2

@smartowls

Answer 3

i dont understand

Answer 4

ninab is the one who doesnt understand. The equation is X*0.7=40, so X=57.1 or so

Answer 5

how the heck did you get that

Answer 6

The equation is original price * (1 - discountpercent) = discounted price.

Answer 7

but how to find the original price

Answer 8

actually if u put 0.3x=40
x= 133.33

Answer 9

30% of what number (x) is $40

Answer 10

but how do we find x

Answer 11

ninab confirmed for dumb. I said (1 - discount)

Answer 12

@smartowls Do you know algebra yet? If so, reword the equation so that x = 40 / 0.7

Answer 13

well as far as my age is concerned i should know this

Answer 14

@Mertsj this is correct right 0.3x=40 to find original price

Answer 15

so i need to divde 40 by o.7

Answer 16

0.3 not sure how he got 0.7

Answer 17

im not sure how he got 0.7 or how you got 0.3

Answer 18

30% of what (x) is 40
if we put 30% into decimal it is 0.3x=40

Answer 19

@ninab731 No offense, but you are wrong m8. @smartowls You find 0.7 because it is the percentage of price left after the discount. The discount was 30%, or 0.3, so 0.7 is what is left.

Answer 20

oh thanks let me try both out to get the answer

Answer 21

im rounding the answer so my answer should be 57.14

Answer 22

if u divide by 0.3 u get 133.3333333 so 133.33 if u multiply that by 0.3 u get 39.999 round that up and get $40 and also the other way is also correct just saying

Answer 23

well let me see

Answer 24

@ninab731 She buys it for 30% off, so she pays 70% for the item. Therefore original price * 0.7 = what she pays

Answer 25

ninab731 i got $40.01 using D35TR0Y3R's formula