Question

A store has a 25% off sale on coats. With this discount, the price of one coat is $34.50. What is the original price of the coat?

Answer 1

100% - 25% = 75%

sale price is 75% of the original price

divide sale price by 75%

34.50 / 0.75 = 46

original price was $46

Answer 2

cost for the coat was $46.00