Question

A sporting goods store offers a 40% discount on all golf clubs. Rocco spent 20% of the money in his savings account on a golf putter. He paid $48 for the putter after the discount. How much money did Rocco have in his savings before buyin the putter?

Answer 1

Answer:
Rocco originally had $240

Explanation:
Before we begin, note that the price of the putter is given AFTER the discount. This means that the value of the discount doesn't affect the solution.

Assume that the amount Rocco had originally is x
Now, we are given that:
price of putter = $48
Price of putter represents 20% of what Rocco had

This means that:
price of putter = 20% * amount Rocco had
48 = 20% * x
48 = 0.2x
x = 48 / 0.2
x = $240

This means that Rocco originally had $240

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