Question

3. Suppose you pay $24 for a pair of shoes that has been discounted 20%. What is the original price of the shoes? Show how you identify what you are looking for, set up an equation, arrive at your answer, and check your work. Then clearly state your answer.
Answer:

Answer 1

if you get 20% off you pay 80% of the original price
you do not know the original price, but you know that 80% of it is 24
solve
\[0.8P=24\] via
\[P=24\div 0.8\]

Answer 2

30

Answer 3

ty :)