Question

Today, everything at a store is on sale. The store offers a 20% discount.

1. The regular price of a T-shirt is $24. What is the discount price?
2. If the regular price of an item is x dollars, what is the discount price in dollars?
3. The discount price of a hat is $14. What is the regular price?

Answer 1

a) $19.2

b) 0.8x

c) $17.5

Explanation:

1. We want to find the discount price given the regular price

The discount is 20%

so the discount price will be;

24 - 20% of 24

24 - 4.8 = $19.2

b) We have this as;

x - (20% of x)

x - 0.2x = 0.8x

c) let the original price be x

x - 20% of x = 14

x - 0.2x = 14

0.8x = 14

x = 14/0.8

x = $17.5