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John paid $40 for a shirt that represents a discount of 25%. What was the original price for the shirt?

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Answer:


\text{ \$53.33}

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to get the original price of the shirt

If the discount on the shirt is 25%, this means what he paid was 75% of the actual

Let the actual cost be $x

Mathematically:


\begin{gathered} 75\text{ \% of \$x = \$40} \\ (75)/(100)*\text{ x = 40} \\ \\ 75x\text{ = 40 }*\text{ 100} \\ x\text{ = }(4000)/(75) \\ x\text{ = \$53.33} \end{gathered}

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