you stop at the gift shop near the nemo ride. there is a sale, stuffed animals were sold for $17 each. this price was 85% of the stuffed animals' original price. how much did a stuffed animal originally cost?

Question

you stop at the gift shop near the nemo ride. there is a sale, stuffed animals were sold for $17 each. this price was 85% of the stuffed animals' original price. how much did a stuffed animal originally cost?

Answer 1

Let's represent the original price of the stuffed animal as x.

If the sale price is $17 and this is 85% of the original price, we can set up the following equation:

0.85x = 17

Now, we can solve for x by dividing both sides by 0.85:

x = 17 / 0.85
x = $20

Therefore, the stuffed animal originally cost $20.