Question

With a coupon, you can get a pair of shoes that normally costs $84 for only $72. What percentage was the discount? Hint: First subtract to find the amount of discount$, then divide it by the original price.​

Answer 1

14.3% discount.

Explanation:

Heya! So by the hint that they gave us, I subtracted 72 from 84, and then divided the 12 by 84. The true answer is 0.143 (rounded to the hundredth), getting you close to the initial 12. I hope this helped at least a little bit!

Answer 2

14
`(2)/(7)`%

Explanation:

We can just follow the hint.

Amount of discount = $84 - $72

= $12

Percentage of discount =
`(12)/(84)` × 100%

= 14
`(2)/(7)`%