Question

1 ) At a local department store, jeans have been reduced to $5. This price is at 20% of theoriginal price for jeans. Given this, what was the original price of the jeans? Roundyour answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

Answer 1

we have that

$5 ------> represents 20% of the original price

so

Applying proportion

Find out how much represent a percentage of 100%

so

5/20=x/100

solve for x

x=(5/20)*100

x=$25

the answer is $25