Question

A woman bought a dress at a discount of 16 2/3%. If the woman paid $32.50, what was the original price of the dress?

Answer 1

$39

Explanation:

Let original price be x, so we need to subtract 16 2/3 % from that to get 32.50

So we can write:

`100x-16(2)/(3)x=3250\\83(1)/(3)x=3250\\x=39`

So basically, the original price was $39.