Given:
The discount is 25%.
The selling price of the shirt after the sale is $20.99.
To find:
The selling price of the shirt before the sl;e
Explanation:
Let the old price be x.
The equation can be framed as follows,
[tex]\begin{gathered} (\frac{100-25}{100})\times x=20.99 \\ \frac{75}{100}\times x=20.99 \\ x=20.99\times\frac{100}{75} \\ x=27.986 \\ x\approx27.99 \end{gathered}[/tex]Final answer:
The selling price of the shirt before the sale is $27.99.
