Question

Hannah buys some shoes in sale marked 40% off she pays 27 for the shoes what price were the shoes the shoes orginally

Answer 1

Given:

The price of shoes after discount = 27

Discount % = 40%

To find:

The original price of shoes before discount.

Solution:

Let x be the original price of shoes before discount.

The price of shoes after 40% discount is

`\text{New price}=x-(40)/(100)* x`

`\text{New price}=x-0.4x`

`\text{New price}=0.6x`

The price of shoes after discount = 27

`27=0.6x`

`(27)/(0.6)=x`

`45=x`

Therefore, the original price of the shoes is 45.