Question

A store has a 2 5 % 25% off sale on coats. With this discount, the price of one coat is $ 3 4 . 5 0 $34.50. What is the original price of the coat?

Answer 1

The original price of the coat is $46

Explanation:

In order to find this, we need to start with the cost after the discount. We can then divide this by the amount in percentage that we paid. Since it is 25% off, we paid 75%.

$34.50/75% = $46