a store has a sale where all shirts are sold at a discount of 20% if the regular price of the shirts is $20, how may shirts could be bought at the sale price if a shopper spents $240

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Allie Cobb

27 August, 18:33

a store has a sale where all shirts are sold at a discount of 20% if the regular price of the shirts is $20, how may shirts could be bought at the sale price if a shopper spents $240

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Vaughn Faulkner · Answer 1

15 shirts.

Step-by-step explanation:

A 20% discount means you still pay 80% of the price.

x represents the number of shirts that can be bought.

(20 x (1-0.2)) x = 240 or (20 x. 8) x = 240

16 x = 240

x = 240/16 = 15