Question

shirts are on sale for 35% off if Paulie saved $22.75 on one shirt what was the full price of the shirt

Answer 1

$65

Step-by-step explanation

you can easily solve this by using a rule of three:

if the discount is 35%, and Paullie saved $22.75

so

`35\text{ percent}\Rightarrow22.75`

let x represents the full price of the shirt

100%= full price

`100\text{ percent}\Rightarrow price\text{ of the shirt}`

as the proportion is the same

`\begin{gathered} (35)/(22.75)=(100)/(x) \\ \text{Multiply cross} \\ 35x=22.75\cdot100 \\ \text{divide both sides by 35} \\ x=(2275)/(35) \\ x=65 \end{gathered}`

so, the original price was $65