Question

Clare paid full price for an item. Han bought the same item for 80% of the full price. Clare said, I cants believe I paid 125% of what you paid, Han! Is what she said true? Explain.

Answer 1

The statement is True!

Explanation:

Clare paid full price for an item.

Let Price of the item = x

Han bought the same item for 80% of the full price.

Han bought it for 0.8x

Clare said, I cants believe I paid 125% of what you paid, Han!

The above statement is True if;

125% of 0.8x = x

1.25 * 0.8x = x

x =x

The statement is True!