Need asap: suppose you pay $24 for a pair of shoes that has been discounted 20%. what is the original price of the shoes? show how you identify what you are looking for, set up an equation, arrive at your answer, and check your work. then clearly state your answer.

The discount rate is 20% so 100% - 20% = 80% of the original price is the final price (before taxes)

x = original price before discount
y = price after discount (before taxes)

y = 80% of x
y = 0.80*x
24 = 0.80*x
24/0.80 = x
30 = x
x = 30

The original price of the shoes was $30

Abit confused about what you mean, but i think you might be referring to slope intercept form: y = mx + bin that case b, or the y intercept is already given.(0,-1)find the slope by using the formulay2 - y1/x2 - x1the final slope will be 4/2, equivalent to 2.now your equation should look like thisy = 4/2x -1sorry if this didn’t you out!