Question

laura received a $3 discount on a dress that she bought from a store that was having a sale of 15% off any item the equation given below can be used to determine the amount of discount on see the regular cost of any item in the store. what was the regular cost of the dress Laura bought?

Answer 1

The original cost of the dress was $20.

In order to find this, you need to divide the amount of the discount by the percentage of the discount. This will give you the whole number of the cost.

Discount/Percentage = Cost

$3/15% = Cost

$20 = Cost