Question

A box of ice cream bars costs 1.50 after a 25 percent discount what was the original price of the box of ice cream bars? If there is a 35 percent discount, what percent of the original price must a customer pay?

Answer 1

Answer:

$2.00 is the original price

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

Turn 25% into a decimal which makes it 0.25

ex. 50% would be 0.50, 5% would be 0.05 etc.

Step 2:

Put the numbers into this formula: Original Price (x) - Percent Off times Original Price = Sales Price

x - 0.25x = 1.50  this is basically 1x - 0.25x = 1.50 so,

Solving the left side of our equation gives us 1x - 0.25x = 0.75x

so now you have: 0.75x = 1.50

Step 3:

Divide both sides by 0.75 which gets x by itself and gives us the original price which is $2.00