Question

A woman bought a dress at a discount of 16 2/3%. If the woman paid $32.50, what was the original price of the dress?

Answer 1

Answer:

$39

Step-by-step explanation:

Let original price be x, so we need to subtract 16 2/3 % from that to get 32.50

So we can write:

$100x-16\frac{2}{3}x=3250\\83\frac{1}{3}x=3250\\x=39$

So basically, the original price was $39.