Question

A t-shirt increased in price by 1/4. After the increase it was £20. What was the original price of the t-shirt?

Answer 1

Answer:

£16

the t-shirt increased by 0.25. let's convert that to percentage

therefore it increased by 25%

By using cross multiplication we can write as follows:

125%=£20

100%=£ x

(100×20)/125= £16