Question

2.When I walked into King Soopers yesterday, I noticed that the Colorado Rockies t-shirts had a sign reading “25% off sale!”. If one shirt costs $20.99 with the sale, how much did the shirt cost before the sale?

Answer 1

Given:

The discount is 25%.

The selling price of the shirt after the sale is $20.99.

To find:

The selling price of the shirt before the sl;e

Explanation:

Let the old price be x.

The equation can be framed as follows,

$\begin{gathered} (\frac{100-25}{100})\times x=20.99 \\ \frac{75}{100}\times x=20.99 \\ x=20.99\times\frac{100}{75} \\ x=27.986 \\ x\approx27.99 \end{gathered}$

Final answer:

The selling price of the shirt before the sale is $27.99.