Sweet t purchased a new pair of jeans to wear at the battle of the bands on sale at 40% off.He saved $20 what was his regular pr

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iren [92.7K]

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Sweet t purchased a new pair of jeans to wear at the battle of the bands on sale at 40% off.He saved $20 what was his regular pr

ice of the jeans

Mathematics

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Oliga [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-19T20:50:47+03:00

Oliga [24]3 years ago

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If he got the jeans for 40% off he paid 60% of the cost for the jeans. With that you can setup an equation.

20 is 60% of what number

is signifies equals and of signifies multiplication

20 = 0.6*x
x = 20/.6
x = 33.33

The regular price of the jeans is $33.33