Sweet t purchased a new pair of jeans to wear at the battle of the bands on sale at 40% off. He saved $20 what was his regular price of the jeans

If he got the jeans for 40% off he paid 60% of the cost for the jeans. With that you can setup an equation.

20 is 60% of what number

is signifies equals and of signifies multiplication

20 = 0.6*x

x = 20/.6

x = 33.33

The regular price of the jeans is $33.33