Question

Noah has a coupon for 25% off at his favorite clothing store. He uses it to buy a hoodie and a pair of jeans.

a. Noah paid $45 for the jeans after using the coupon. What is the regular price of the jeans? $
how- ion i need helppp

Answer 1

just divide 25 and 45 i think youll get your answer as a decimal

Answer 2

oooo mkkk ill try..

Answer 3

it doesnt make sense, 25/45 is 5.5 n tht would b $5.50 but how is tht the og price then with a coupon u pay $45?

Answer 4

Don't listen to them, they have no idea what they're saying

Answer 5

sooooo what do i do?

Answer 6

So let's say there's some product out there that costs 'x' dollars. Noah has a coupon that will give him 25% off.

To find out how much money he's saving, that would be 0.25x
To know how much he paid after the discount, that would be x - 0.25x = (1-0.25)x = 0.75x

Were you able to understand so far?

Answer 7

yeaa....

Answer 8

Here, I'll give you an example with some numbers so you can understand it better

There's this game that costs $20
You have a coupon that will give you 25% off

25% is 25/100 or 0.25 as a decimal

How much are you saving by using the coupon?
It's 25% * 20 = 0.25 * 20 = 5
You save $5 by using that 25% off coupon.

How much did you end up paying?
Well it costed 20 but you saved 5 so you ended up paying 20 - 5 = $15
Another way to show that would be
`x` which is our original amount, in this case 20
`0.25x` is the 25% discount that we're taking off whatever you're buying

so you get
x - 0.25x
and if you simplify that, you get 0.75x

Answer 9

Able to follow along still?

Answer 10

uhm...yea

Answer 11

So Noah has paid $45 for jeans AFTER the 25% discount. We want to know how much the pants normally cost.

Can you use what I've told you so far to answer the question?

Answer 12

YEA! THANKZ!

Answer 13

If you want me to check your answer, just let me know!

Answer 14

Mkk!

Answer 15

is it $60? er am i far off?

Answer 16

0.75x = 45
x = $60

You're correct!!

Answer 17

ayeeee thankss

Answer 18

Good work!

Answer 19

i do?

Answer 20

HM