Question

A store sells paint sets. Each paint set costs the same amount. During a sale, the store reduces the price of each paint set by $1.50. Logan spends

$13.47 on 3 paint sets at the sale price.
What was the price of I paint set before the sale?

Answer 1

the price of I paint set before the sale was $5.99

Explanation:

Selling price of 3 paint sets = $13.47

To get selling price of 1 set

we divide both LHS and RHS by 3

Selling price of 3/3 = 1 paint sets = $13.47/3 = $4.49

Thus, selling price of 1 paint set after sale is $4.49

Given that

the store reduces the price of each paint set by $1.50

Let the price before sale be x

selling price of 1 paint set after sale = price before sale - $1.50

$4.49 = $x - $.150

$x = $4.49 + $1.50 = $5.99

Thus, the price of I paint set before the sale was $5.99