Question

1. in a basketball game, mike scored 20% of the team's points.
if mike scored 22 points, how many points did the team score as a whole?

- is the answer 110 pts

2. sports authority was having a sale. all their merchandise was 20% off the original price. the original price of a pair of skis was $349.99. what was the sale price?
-how do you solve this

Answer 1

1. Right.

2.
$349.99 * 0.2 = 69.998 = $70

$349.99 - 70 = ?

Answer 2

2. That means it's 80% of the original price. $349.99 x .8 = ?