A store is discounting all of it's stock. the original price of a pair of sunglasses was $44.95. the sale price is $26.97. at this discount what was the original price of a bathing suit that has a sale price of $28.95

The first thing you should do to solve this problem is to know how much was the discount of the sunglasses.

We have then:

44.95 $ - - - > 100%

26.97 $ - - - > x

Clearing x:

x = (26.97 / 44.95) * 100 = 60%

therefore, the discount is

100-60 = 40%.

Then, the original price of the swimsuit will be

(28.95 $) * (1 + 0.40) = 40.53 $

answer:

the original price of a bathing suit that has a sale price of $ 28.95 is $ 40.53