Question

shirts are on sale for 35% off if Paulie saved $22.75 on one shirt what was the full price of the shirt

Answer 1

$65

Explanation

you can easily solve this by using a rule of three:

if the discount is 35%, and Paullie saved $22.75

so

$35\text{ percent}\Rightarrow22.75$

let x represents the full price of the shirt

100%= full price

$100\text{ percent}\Rightarrow price\text{ of the shirt}$

as the proportion is the same

$\begin{gathered} \frac{35}{22.75}=\frac{100}{x} \\ \text{Multiply cross} \\ 35x=22.75\cdot100 \\ \text{divide both sides by 35} \\ x=\frac{2275}{35} \\ x=65 \end{gathered}$

so, the original price was $65