Question

A clothing store is having a sale on shoes of 40% off the original price. They have not marked the new price on any of the shoes. Write an equation that you could use to determine the price of a pair of shoes sold by the store if you know the original price. Use x to represent the original sale price and y to represent the sale price.

Answer 1

x * 0.60 = y

Explanation:

0.60 because 100% - 40% =60% 60%=0.60