Question

Maria bought a blouse on sale for 30% off. The sale price was $28.76. What was the original price? Write an equation to model the situation and solve it. Use variable p for the original price. Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

as the problem states we'll use p = the original price of the blouse

start with (p) and subtract 30% of p (as a decimal, 30% of p is 0.30p)
set the result of this equal to the sale price, 28.76
solve for p