Question

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! FOR A TESTA shirt is on sale for 40% off. The sale price is $18.00. What is the original price of the shirt?

Answer 1

Let us call the original price of the shirt x, shall we?

Then 40% off means the shirt is now priced at 100% - 40% = 60% the original price; therefore, we have the equation

`(60)/(100)* x=18.00`
`0.6x=18.00`

Dividing both sides by 0.6 gives

`(0.6)/(0.6)x=(18)/(0.6)`
`x=30.`

The "x" is 30! Hence, the original price of the shirt is $30.