The dress store is having a sale where all merchandise is 1/4 off. a woman buys $42 of merchandise at the sales price. what would she have had to pay at the regular price.

So 1/4 is 25 percent.

That means that the sales price, $42 is 75% of the regular price.

42 divided by 3 is 14.

14 plus 42 equals 56.

So $56 is the regular price.

To check, multiply 56 by. 25

This equals 14

56-14 equals 42.