Question

A jacket is on sale for 20% off the regular price. The sale price ism$50.00. What is the regular price of the jacket?

Answer 1

Lets solve for x.

 0.8x = 50. - Remember that the jacket was 80% of the original price.

Thus, divide by x.

x = 50 / 0.8
x = 62.5

Answer 2

40.oo
i got 50.00 and subtracted it by 20%