Question

4. Lougin buys a shirt and a hat on sale for 40% off. If the price of the shirt before the sale was $28 and she spent a total of $24.90, what was the original price of the hat? (please explain in detail

Answer 1

$13.5

Explanation:

Let the original price of hat be X

cost of hat after 40% off = x-(40/100)*x

= 0.6x

cost of shirt after 40% off = 28-(40/100)*28

= 16.8

Now

total paid = total expenditure

24.90 = 16.8+0.6x

0.6x= 8.1

x = 13.5

Hence

the original price of hat = $13.5