Question

4. Sara purchased a dress on sale for $27.20. This is 85% of the original price. What was the original price?

Answer 1

Answer: $32

Explanation:

We can find the original price by creating a proportion. Let x be the original price of this dress. We will have the cost in the numerator and the percentage as a whole number of the original dress cost in the denominator.

Given:

`\displaystyle (27.2)/(85) =(x)/(100)`

Cross-multiply:

85 * x = 27.2 * 100

Multiply:

85x = 2,720

Divide both sides of the equation by 85:

x = $32