Question

Customers who purchase museum tickets in advance receive 10% off the regular admission price. Anias paid a sale price of $54. He wants to know the regular price of a ticket

Answer 1

the sale price is 90% of the regular price

Explanation:

60 is the regular price so 54 is 90% of 60.

Answer 2

Regular price of a ticket = $60

Explanation:

Given:

On purchasing museum tickets in advance customers get 10% off on the regular price of ticket.

Anias paid the sale price of ticket = $54

To find the regular price of ticket.

Solution:

Let the regular price of ticket in dollars be
`=x`

Discount offered for booking in advance = 10%

Discount amount in dollars =
`Discount\ percent * Regular\ price=10% * x =0.10 * x =0.1x`

Sale price of a ticket in dollars= Regular price - Discount amount=
`x-0.1x=0.9x`

Sale price given for a ticket = $54

So, we have:

`0.9x=54`

Dividing both sides by 0.9

`(0.9x)/(0.9)=(54)/(0.9)`

∴
`x=60`

∴ Regular price of a ticket = $60