Mr. Maxwell bought new basketball shows with the discount shown. He has a $10-off coupon he can use after the percentage off. If Mr. Maxwell bought the shows for $61.25, what was the original price? A. If the shoes are discounted 25%, what percent of the original price is the original price? 25% discount is the same as 75% of the original price. B. Fill in the boxes to set up the equation to find the original price of the shoes. Original Price =61.25 C. What would be the price without a $10-off coupon?

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Mr. Maxwell bought new basketball shows with the discount shown. He has a $10-off coupon he can use after the percentage off. If Mr. Maxwell bought the shows for $61.25, what was the original price? A. If the shoes are discounted 25%, what percent of the original price is the original price? 25% discount is the same as 75% of the original price. B. Fill in the boxes to set up the equation to find the original price of the shoes.  Original Price =61.25 C. What would be the price without a $10-off coupon?

Roosevelt Houghton · Accepted Answer

A. The original price is 100% so if 25% of the price is taken off, then 100%−25%=75% of the price remains. Therefore, a 25% discount is the same as 75% of the original price. B. From part A, we know that he pays 75% of the original price so the first box needs to be filled in with 75. Since he also takes off $10 using the coupon, then 10 needs to go in the second box to represent the price after the coupon. Therefore: 75%⋅ Original Price - 10=61.25 C. The price of $61.25 was the price after both discounts. Since the $10-off coupon was applied last, then the price without the $10-off coupon is the final price of $61.25 plus $10. Therefore: 61.25+10=71.25 The price would then be $71.25 without a $10-off coupon.

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