Question

A store has a 4 0 % 40%40, percent off sale on headphones. With this discount, the price of one pair of headphones is $ 3 6 $36dollar sign, 36. What is the original price of the pair of headphones?

Answer 1

the original price is $60.

Answer 2

For this case what you should do is solve the problem using for example a rule of three
60% ---> 36
100% ---> x
Clearing x we have:
x = (100/60) * (36) = $ 60
Checking the result:
40% of 60 is
(0.40) * (60) = 24
60-24 = 36 $
Answer:
the original price of the pair of headphones is $ 60