Felipe used a 40 percent off coupon on a single item at the craft store which saved him $16.42. What would the item have cost if he had not used the coupon?

2 Answers
Feb 20, 2018

$41.05

Explanation:

Turn into an equation:

x+0.40x=16.42+x

Solve:

cancel(x)+0.40x=16.42cancel(+x)

0.4x=16.42

x=$41.05

Feb 20, 2018

$41.05

Explanation:

"consider the original cost to be "100%

"and the saving of "$16.42" is "40%

"then using "color(blue)"proportion"

40%to$16.42

100%to($16.42)/40xx100=$41.05