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" josephine went shopping at the local dress shop. she finds a red dress she likes for $25.00. it was tagged 20% off the original price. how much was the discount?"
ok i honestly have no idea how to set this up. please help and thank you!
" josephine went shopping at the local dress shop. she finds a red dress she likes for $25.00. it was tagged 20% off the original price. how much was the discount?"
ok i honestly have no idea how to set this up. please help and thank you!
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Let's say the original price was X. What they're doing is taking 20% of the original price, then they subtract that amount from the original price to get the discounted price. So:
X - (X * .20) = $25.00. This can be rewritten as:
X - .2X = $25.00, or .8X = $25.00.
To get X, divide both sides by .8:
X = $25.00/.8 = $31.25.
You can check your answer by working backwards. What's 20% off of $31.25?
$31.25 * .2 = $6.25. Now subtract the $6.25 from $31.25: $31.25 - $6.25 = $25.00.
So the original price was $31.25. The discount was $6.25.
X - (X * .20) = $25.00. This can be rewritten as:
X - .2X = $25.00, or .8X = $25.00.
To get X, divide both sides by .8:
X = $25.00/.8 = $31.25.
You can check your answer by working backwards. What's 20% off of $31.25?
$31.25 * .2 = $6.25. Now subtract the $6.25 from $31.25: $31.25 - $6.25 = $25.00.
So the original price was $31.25. The discount was $6.25.
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How much was the discount? 5 dollars
How much was the original price? 25 dollars
How much was the discounted price? 20 dollars
20% of 25 is 5 dollars
How much was the original price? 25 dollars
How much was the discounted price? 20 dollars
20% of 25 is 5 dollars
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Answer: 20% discount
Working: 20%=20%
Working: 20%=20%
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.20 x $25 = $5
$5 discount
$5 discount
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^ditto