Ellie's Bakery is having a grand opening sale. All pastries are being discounted by 25%. Let x represent the regular price of any pastry in the bakery. Write an expression that can be used to find the sale price of any pastry in the bakery. Kimberly bought a pastry on sale at the bakery. The sale price of the pastry was $2.03. What was the regular price of the pastry? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) Be sure to show your work using the equation you created.

a) The expression to find the sale price of pastry =  0.75 x

b)  The regular price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.70

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1 :

Let x be the regular price of the pastry in the bakery

Percentage of discount = 25%

Amount of discount  = 0.25 x

The expression to find the sale price of pastry = x - 0.25 x = 0.75 x

Step 2 :

Sale price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.03 = 0.75 x

To find the regular price

0.75x = 2.03

x = = 2.70

Regular price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.70

Step 3 :

Answer :

a) The expression to find the sale price of pastry =  0.75 x

b) The regular price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.70