Jane buys a coat that is $18 off the orinigal price. This is a 30% discount. What is the original price of the coat?
Please explain how to get answer? Thanks
0.3x = 18
How is that the ansswer. The discount was $18 it ask the original price of the coat with a 30% discount?
Did you solve the equation?
Not sure how to solve 0.3x??
Divide each side of the equation by 0.3
What do you get?
$60
Right.
Doesn't $60 look like a reasonable price for a coat?