Question

Elita bought a jacket that was on sale for 45% off the original price. If she paid $110 for the jacket when she checked out, what was the original price of the jacket?

Answer 1

Because the jacket was 45% off, Elita bought the jacket at 55% of the original price
(100-45)



(Refer to the picture I added now)

Imagine a piece of paper with a crease down the middle
On the left side of the paper, is the original % of the price she bought the jacket at, and the discounted price

On the right side is 100% of the jackets price

You are trying to find ?, which can be found by “folding the paper” so that 55 is on top of 100

The steps you take to get 55 to 100 should be the same steps you take to get 110 to the original price

To get 55 to 100, you can divide 55 by 55 (which is 1) and multiply that by 100
(1*100=100)

Now, put 110 through those same steps

(110/55)*100 is ~181.81, or 181 dollars and 81 cents


Hopefully that helped! I’m not so good at explaining, if you have any questions I can answer them in comments :)
Good luck!

Answer 2

110 x .45
49.50
She paid 159.50 ??