Question

A shop owner offered a 20% discount off the regular price of a mirror. The amount of discount is $3 what is the regular price of the mirror.

Answer 1

Answer: $15

Explanation:

The normal price of the mirror is unknown we do not know that yet. So, let y represent the unknown number. The discount is 20 percent, we turn 20 into a decimal which would be 0.2. The amount of discount is $3. So, 0.2y equals to $3.

Then we divided.

y = 3 ÷ 0.2

And when you divide that is would be 15.

So, the regular price of the mirror is $15.