Question

At a sale, dresses were sold for $34 each. This price was 85% of a dress's original

Answer 1

The dress is 15% off. You can find this by subtracting 85% from 100%.

You then do 34x15% in order to find the dollar amount that was taken off

34x15%=5.1

You can then add this dollar amount to the price paid in order to find the original price

34+5.1= $39.10

This could also be solved by doing 34+15% which is equal to 39.10