The Clothes Barn is having a 65% off sale on all the dresses. Jennifer paid $43.75 for a dress that was on sale. What was the original price of the dress?

1. $125.00
2. $28.44
3. $15.31
4. $105.00

A

Step-by-step explanation:

I used the process of elimination. I did, 125 x .65 to get 81.25. Then, I subtracted 81.25 to 125. To get 43.75.

85.560%

step-by-step explanation:

conditional probability is defined as:

p(a|b) = p(a∩b) / p(b)

in other words, the probability that a occurs, given that b has occurred = the probability that both a and b occur / the probability that b occurs.

in this example:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64 & turns 44) / p(turns 44).

if someone turns 64, they must have already turned 44, so:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64) / p(turns 44)

on page 42, we see that of the original 100,000, 94944 turn 44, and 81234 turn 64.   therefore:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 81234 / 94944

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 0.85560