an end-of-season sale for winter clothes advertise 30% to 45% off the original piece. What was the highest original price of a jersey that is now on sale for $12.99. Give your answer as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.
0.55x * 12.99 = ?
$23.62 ?
Right.
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To find the highest original price of a jersey, we need to work backwards from the sale price.
Let's assume the highest original price is 'X'. If the end-of-season sale is offering a discount of 30% to 45%, we know that the jersey is currently being sold for $12.99.
To find the highest original price, we need to calculate it using the lower value of the discount (30%). So, we can set up the following equation:
Original price - (30% of original price) = Sale price
X - (0.30X) = 12.99
Simplifying the equation:
0.70X = 12.99
X = 12.99 / 0.70
Calculating this:
X ≈ 18.56
So, the highest original price of the jersey was approximately $18.56.