Rebekah purchased a sweater that was reduced by twenty-five percent (or one-fourth) of its original price. She also used a store coupon for five dollars off her already-reduced purchase. When she made the purchase, she paid the cashier nineteen dollars. What was the original price of the sweater?

twenty-four dollars

twenty-eight dollars

thirty-two dollars

thirty-six dollars

Question

Rebekah purchased a sweater that was reduced by twenty-five percent (or one-fourth) of its original price. She also used a store coupon for five dollars off her already-reduced purchase. When she made the purchase, she paid the cashier nineteen dollars. What was the original price of the sweater?

twenty-four dollars

twenty-eight dollars

thirty-two dollars

thirty-six dollars

anonymous · Answer

Plugin each answer, ans subtract each answer first by 25%, then by 5.  keep plugging in all of your answer choices until you find one that equals 19.

anonymous · Answer

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