Question

The sweater department ran a sale last week and sold 95% of the sweaters that were on sale. 38 sweaters were sold. How many sweaters were on sale?

Answer 1

Answer: 40.

Explanation:

Given : The sweater department ran a sale last week and sold 95% of the sweaters that were on sale.

95% can be written as 0.95 [ by dividing 100 ]

Also, the number of sweaters sold = 38

Let x be the number of sweaters were on sale.

Then , we have the following equation :_

`0.95x=38\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=(38)/(0.95)=(3800)/(95)=40`

Hence, 40 sweaters were on sale.