Question

a shirt is on sale for 60% of the original price. The original price is $28 more than the sale price. What was the original price?

Answer 1

the original price of the shirt was $70.

Explanation:

Let's use the variable "p" to represent the original price of the shirt. Then, we know that the sale price is 60% of the original price, which can be written as:

0.6p

We also know that the original price is $28 more than the sale price, so we can set up another equation:

p = 0.6p + 28

Now we can solve for p:

p = 0.6p + 28 (subtract 0.6p from both sides)

0.4p = 28 (simplify by combining like terms)

p = 70 (divide both sides by 0.4)

Therefore, the original price of the shirt was $70.