Question

Sophie needs to buy a dress to go to a school dance. Using a coupon, she can save $60, which is ¼ of the total cost of the dress. Find the cost of the dress.

Answer 1

The cost of the dress is $240.

Explanation:

With the information provided, you can use a rule of three to find the total cost of the dress as you know that $60 represents 1/4 of the total cost of the dress:

60 → 1/4

x ← 1

x=(60*1)/(1/4)

x=(60)/(1/4)

x=(60*4)/(1)

x=240/1

x=240

According to this, the answer is that the cost of the dress is $240.