Question

Alisa wants to buy jeans for $50. When she went to the to the store, she found that the 50 dollar jean was marked up by 3/5. How much does a pair of jeans cost now? Show your work

Answer 1

If the 50 dollar jean was marked up by 3/5, then we need to solve this to get the final price

`50\cdot(1+(3)/(5))`
`\begin{gathered} 50\cdot((5)/(5)+(3)/(5)) \\ 50\cdot((8)/(5)) \end{gathered}`
`(50\cdot8)/(5)=(400)/(5)=80`

Therefore, the final price is $80