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5 April, 17:02

Jane paid $40 an item after she recieved a 20% discount. Jane's friend says this means that the original price of the item was $48. How do you think Jane's freind arrived at this amount? Is her friend correct? Why or why not?

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  1. 5 April, 20:57
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    40 = 80% of the original price

    The answer cannot be 48 because 40 is not 80% of 48

    The original price was $50.

    40 is 80% of 50.
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