Question

Couurtney bought a shirt for $24. with a coupon for 25% off. what was the original price of the shirt before the discount

Answer 1

let the original price be x.

then,

x- 25% of x= 24
x- 25x/100 = 24
x- x/4=24
3x/4=24

3x= 96

x= 32

in short...the original price= 32 dollars