Question

A shirt's sale price is marked $14.40, which is 60% off the original price. How many dollars was the original price of the shirt?

Answer 1

$36

Explanation:

If the shirt is 60% off, it is currently .4 of the original price. Thus the original price was: $36

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Answer 2

The original price of the shirt is $36.

Explanation:

Let us call p_o the original price of the shirt, then we know that $14.40 is 60% off
`p_o`; or $14.40 is 100% - 60% = 40% of
`p_o`. In other words,

`(40\%)/(100\%)*p_o= \$ 14.40.`

This equation simplifies to

`0.4p_o= \$14.40` (we evaluated 40/100 )

We divide both sides by 0.4 and get:

`p_o= (\$14.40)/(0.4)`

`\boxed{p_o = \$36.}`

The original rice of the shirt is $36.