Question

Hannah buys some shoes in sale marked 40% off she pays 27 for the shoes what price were the shoes the shoes orginally

Answer 1

Given:

The price of shoes after discount = 27

Discount % = 40%

To find:

The original price of shoes before discount.

Solution:

Let x be the original price of shoes before discount.

The price of shoes after 40% discount is

$\text{New price}=x-\dfrac{40}{100}\times x$

$\text{New price}=x-0.4x$

$\text{New price}=0.6x$

The price of shoes after discount = 27

$27=0.6x$

$\dfrac{27}{0.6}=x$

$45=x$

Therefore, the original price of the shoes is 45.