Question

During a store's closing sale, everything is 65% off. Victors goes into the store to buy a shirt and a pair of pants, and spends 15.40 before tax.How much would he have spent without the sale

Answer 1

Answer:

$51.33

Step-by-step explanation:

Everything is off 65% so that means that $15.40 if 35% of the original price(100%-65%)

Set up Equation:

$\frac{15.40}{x} = \frac{30}{100}$

Simplify:

$\frac{15.40}{x} =\frac{3}{10}$

Multiply the first numerator by the last denominator and the first denominator by the last numerator

$3x=154$

Divide 3 by both sides:

x= 51.33