Question

the dress store is having a sale where all merchandise is 1/4 off. a woman buys $54 merchandise at the sale price. what would she have had to pay at the regular price ?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

knowing that $54 is already the discounted rate, then you can say that it is 3/4 of the original price. getting the original price you'll have the equation as:
let 'x' be the original price
\[54 = \frac{ 3 }{ 4 }x\]
find 'x'

Answer 3

idk how to do that

Answer 4

hello?

Answer 5

cross multiply 4 to the left side and you'll have:
54(4) = 3x
or
3x = 54(4)
3x = 216
divide both sides of the equation with 3
x = 216/3
x = 72