Discount Magazine Publications

A guy buys a magazine with a 25% discount. He pays 24$. How much is the magazine without the 25% discount?

please show work. i want to better understand how to solve this kind of question. thanx

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1. $32. After the discount, the buyer is paying 75% of the list price. Algebraically, $24 = 0.75 L, where L is the list price. This is easily solved.
2. x (1 - 25/100) = $24 so (75/100) x = $24 so (3/4) x = $24 so x = (4/3) * $24 = $32. . You can check this is right by saying 25% of $32 is $8, and $8 off $32 will leave you with a cost of $24. .
3. 24/3=8. 4*8=32. The magazine is 32$.
4. 25% is 1/4 , so $24 = 3/4 * C 8= 1/4 * c 32 = C magazine cost is $32
5. 24/.75=32 you are paying 75% of the price, divide what you are paying by the real number of the %, it will give you the total.( you can substitue 3/4 for .75) or you could divide 24 by 3 get 8 and multiply that by 4 and get 32
6. 32$ ... how i get it??? 24 / 3 = 8 8 x 4 = 32 ... i like to use shorthands...
7. Thirty two bucks. What magazine costs THAT much? Oh, I took 24 and divided by three and then added the result. 24 / 3 = 8/ 24+8=32.
8. $32
9. 24 /75 =a x100= total 24/75=.32 .32x100=32
10. Dude , when you divide something by 25%, that means your dividing it by four. 1/4=25%;2/4=50%;3/4=75% and 4/4 or 1= to 100%. If the discount is 25%, then you are removing 1/4th part of your cover price. that means that 24 dollars is 3/4 of the cover price. 24/3 = 8. ; 24 (which is 3/4 or 75%) + 8 (which is 1/4 or 25%) equals 32 bucks.
11. The book was sold on 25% discount which means that the guy got at 75% of the actual selling price so this is a simple case of cross multiplication.Let me show you the calculation: 75% = 24$ 100% = ? Therefore 100*24/75 = 2400/75 = 32$ so the magazine without 25% discount would be 32$.
12. cost of magazine = x amount given = 75% of x (because 25%discount) = 24$ 75/100 x = 24$ x=24$*100/75 x=32$
13. let x= original price x-25%=24 24= 75% 24+25% of x= x 24 multiplied by 1/3= 8 because 24= 75% and 1/3 of 75% is 25%, so 100% divided by 25% is 4 and 8 multiplied by 4= 32(x) Pretty complicated ha? In Philippine Science High school we do it like that.
14. x-(.25)x=24 (.75)x=24 x=24/.75 x=32 therefore, the original amount was $32.00.
15. The original cost of the magazine is $32. Since 24 is the discounted price and forms 75% of the actual price. Just divide 24 by 3 then multiply the answer by 4.
16. Everyone else is basically right; I'll just show you how I would reason it. A "discount" means you're taking away some of the full price. So if P is the price, then [1P - .25P] means "the full price" minus "a percentage of the full price." Then you get: 1P - .25P = $24 .75P = $24 P = 24/.75 = 32 In general, once you get an answer, go back and think about if it makes sense. If the magazine on sale was $24, then you know the original price was more (who goes to a sale that jacks the price up?!). If you had gotten a number smaller than $24, then you know it would be wrong.