Ashirt is on sale for $14.40. the sale price is 10% off the original price. what was the original price?

When a sale is 10% off, this means they subtracted 10% of the original price from the original price, and the buyers now only have to pay 90% of the price (100-10=90).

This means $14.40 is 90% of the original, so we can use ratios to figure out 100% of the price.

14.40 90%
x 100%

x = 14.40 * 100 / 90 = 16

So, 16 dollars was the original price.

Do the math. she originally had 50 dollars on her gift card and she had 12 dollars left on her gift card after she finished her shopping spree. if you subtract 50 minus 12 you get thirty eight dollars as your answer. so therefore, ciara spent 38 dollars total o