Question

A jewelry store makes $5 profit for each

$1 they spend on jewelry. a jewelry store owner made a profit of $95 on a necklace. What was the original cost of the necklace?

Answer 1

$19

Explanation:

Given: for every $5 they recieve they pay 1$ meaning that they they earn $4 total- 5-1=4

5 goes into 95, 19 times so use a ratio:

5/1 95/19

(I mulitiplied 1 by 19)

meaning that 19 was the original cost

Answer 2

Original price was $19