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.