Question

Jaylynn was buying new mascara. She bought it on sale for $5.56. If the price represents a 20% discount from the original price, what is the original price to the nearest cent?

Answer 1

the answer is $6.67 because if you multiply $5.56 by 20% you get 6.672 but you would have to round it to the nearest cent.

Answer 2

The original price is $6,95

Explanation:

Jaylynn bought a mascara on sale for $5.56. This price has a 20% discount, so $5.56 is the 80% of the original price.

We are looking for the original price, that is 100%

We use cross-multiplication

a/b=c/d

$5.56/80%= x/100%

x=$5.56*100%/80%

x=$6.95