A box of ice cream bars costs 1.50 after a 25 percent discount what was the original price of the box of ice cream bars? If there is a 35 percent discount, what percent of the original price must a customer pay?
Answer:
$2.00 is the original price
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1:
Turn 25% into a decimal which makes it 0.25
ex. 50% would be 0.50, 5% would be 0.05 etc.
Step 2:
Put the numbers into this formula: Original Price (x) - Percent Off times Original Price = Sales Price
x - 0.25x = 1.50 this is basically 1x - 0.25x = 1.50 so,
Solving the left side of our equation gives us 1x - 0.25x = 0.75x
so now you have: 0.75x = 1.50
Step 3:
Divide both sides by 0.75 which gets x by itself and gives us the original price which is $2.00