Question

At a sale, dresses were sold for $34 each. This price was 85% of a dress's original

price. How much did a dress originally cost?

Answer 1

The dress is 15% off. You can find this by subtracting 85% from 100%.

You then do 34x15% in order to find the dollar amount that was taken off

34x15%=5.1

You can then add this dollar amount to the price paid in order to find the original price

34+5.1= $39.10

This could also be solved by doing 34+15% which is equal to 39.10

Answer 2

The original price was $40

Explanation:

let x = original price

34= 0.85x

Divide both sides by 0.85

34/0.85 = x

40 = x

Check:

0.15 × 40 = 6

40 – 6 = 34