Question

Sweet T purchased a new pair of jeans to wear to the Battle of the Bands on sale at 40% off. He saved $20. What was the regular price of the jeans?

Answer 1

50$ because 20$ is 40%, so times that by 2 which you get 20$ and 80%. Then you divide 20 by 2 then you get 10 which is 20% so you add 10 and you get 50$ which is 100%

Answer 2

Let

x---------> the regular price of the jeans

we know that

`x*0.40=\$20`

Solve for x

Divide by
`0.40` both sides

`x*0.40/0.40=\$20/0.40`

`x=\$20/0.40`

`x=\$50`

therefore

the answer is

the regular price of the jeans was
`\$50`