Question

You go shopping for some new shoes on a sales tax free weekend (yay no taxes!). You have a 20% off coupon. If you have a $100 to spend, what is the maximum price of the shoes you can buy with the coupon? Explain how you figure out your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

  $125

Step-by-step explanation:

With a 20% off coupon, the price you pay is 80% of the marked price. If that amount is $100, you have ...

  $100 = 0.80p

  p = $100/0.80 = $125

The maximum price of the shoes you can buy is $125.

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Check

20% of $125 is -.20×$125 = $25. When that is subtracted, the price you pay is ...

  $125 -25 = $100

Answer 2

Answer:

$125

Step-by-step explanation:

let the maximum price be 'x'

$x -( \frac{20}{100} \times x) = 100$

$x - ( \frac{x}{5} ) = 100$

$\frac{4x}{5} = 100$

$4x = 500$

$x = 125$

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