Chapter 0, Problem 44POT

To determine

Find the original price of shoes.

Answer to Problem 44POT

  $\text{Total price}=39.75$

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

Discount offered: $60\%$

Price after discount: 15.90

Formula used:

  $\text{Percentage=}\frac{\text{Value}}{\text{Total Value}}\times 100$

As we can see from the above information discount offered is $60\%$ , so therefore the purchase price will be equivalent to $40\%$ .

  $\begin{array}{l}\text{Total price=}\frac{\text{Purchase price}}{\text{Purchase }\left(\%\right)}\times 100\\ \\ \text{Total price}=\frac{15.90}{40}\times 100\\ \\ \text{Total price}=\frac{1590}{40}\\ \\ \text{Total price}=39.75\end{array}$