Joachim bought a pair of shoes for $40, which was a 20% discount. what was the original price of the shoes?

ANSWER

The original price of the shoes was $50

EXPLANATION

The original price of the shoe corresponds to 100℅.

A discount of 20℅ means the reduced price of the shoe corresponds to 80℅.

Let the original price be .

If we find 80% of x, we should get the price at which he bought the shoes.

This means that;

We solve for x,

.

We multiply the numerator to obtain,

.

Therefore the original price was $50

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