Thread: Please confirm these for me part 2

If a pair of shoes is now worth $180 because they were reduced by 20%

The original price is $225 ?

You do not quite have the spirit of the task.

You must prove it, not guess at it.

How do you arrive at 225?
Wy do you doubt?

As $180 is 80% of the original price, it's represented by this;



Hence,



All in dollars, of course.

I guess we'll just never know if the student has a clue. Alas...

Originally Posted by TKHunny

I guess we'll just never know if the student has a clue. Alas...

My apologies, I didn't see your post before I had already posted =/

I have workings but they are hand written

I was just checking if the answer was right or not, then I could post the workings if I had to

Originally Posted by SuperCalculus

My apologies, I didn't see your post before I had already posted =/

But you still did the work for him? It is better even then to give hints and lead them to their own conclusions. Thus they learn.

But I already had workings I was just checking my answer

(and i am not a him)

Originally Posted by Diagonal

But you still did the work for him? It is better even then to give hints and lead them to their own conclusions. Thus they learn.

I didn't do it for him, since he'd already got the correct answer, I just explained my reasoning. If he'd got it wrong, I wouldn't have done so much. And at any rate, it's unfair to assume all people learn that way. For instance, I would learn it better simply by looking at what I posted, observing the method applied, and applying it to all future calculations of the same type. Thus, I learn. *Shrugs* To each their own I guess.

Originally Posted by rodgers

But I already had workings I was just checking my answer

(and i am not a him)

In future, please post your workings when asking for an answer to be checked. Thankyou.

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