Question

The sweater department ran a sale last week and sold 95% of the sweaters that were on sale. 38 sweaters were sold. How many sweaters were on sale?

Answer 1

Answer: 40.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The sweater department ran a sale last week and sold 95% of the sweaters that were on sale.

95% can be written as 0.95  [ by dividing 100 ]

Also, the number of sweaters sold = 38

Let x be the number of sweaters were on sale.

Then , we have the following equation :_

$0.95x=38\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=\dfrac{38}{0.95}=\dfrac{3800}{95}=40$

Hence, 40 sweaters were on sale.