Question

A shoe store is selling a pair of shoes for $60. The discount was 25%. What was the original price of the shoes?

Answer 1

$80

Explanation:

let x be the original price. the discount was 25%, so $60 is 75% of the original cost. we can set up this formula:

`(60)/(x)` =
`(75)/(100)`

cross multiply: 6000 = 75x

divide each side by 75: 80 = x