Question

At a sale, coats were sold for $11 each. This price was 55% of a coat's original price. How much did a coat originally cost?

Answer 1

20

Explanation:

so when setting up you put 11/x=55/100 then cross multiply. then you should get 55x=1,100 .

divide 1,100 by 55 then you should get your answer which is

x=20 :)

Answer 2

The coat originally cost $20.

Explanation:

The original cost is of x.

At a sale, coats were sold for $11 each. This price was 55% of a coat's original price.

This meas that:

`0.55x = 11`

How much did a coat originally cost?

This is the solution for x for the equation above. So

`x = (11)/(0.55) = 20`

The coat originally cost $20.