The original price of an article was reduced by 20% the new price was 1,500.00. what was the original price of the article

$1,875

Step-by-step explanation:

(if 500 is 80%, divide 1500 by 4 to get 20%)

1500 divided by 4 is 375

375 plus 1500 is 1875

if you was gonna solve for a, a is a   < -12

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.