Question

Tim bought a pair of Zeus running shoes on sale that were marked down 25% to $60 what was the original price of the shoe

Answer 1

Tim bought a pair of running shoes marked 25% down at a price of $60

The formula to find the discount of an item on sale is

`\text{ \% discount =}\frac{Discount\text{ price}}{\text{Original price}}*100\text{\%}`

Where

`\begin{gathered} \text{Discount price = \$60} \\ \text{\% discount = 25\%} \end{gathered}`

Let k represent the original price

Substitute the values into the formula above

`\begin{gathered} 25=(60)/(k)*100 \\ \text{Crossmultiply} \\ 25* k=60*100 \\ 25k=6000 \\ \text{Divide both sides by 25} \\ (25k)/(25)=(6000)/(25) \\ k=\text{\$240} \end{gathered}`

Hence, the original price, k, of the pair of Zeus running shoes is $240