Question

Before a sale, an item’s price was $28.00 but, after being discounted, the price became $14.60. What was the percent of the sale discount?

Answer 1

47.8571429

Explanation:

Well, the answer is same as the one above (48%) but if your an rsm student, the answer is 47.8571429 :)

Answer 2

The discount was approximately 48%.

Explanation:

The general forumla to calculate percent change (increase or decrease) is:

`(original-new)/(original)` x 100

In this case, the original price was $28.00, but the new price (after discount) was $14.60. Putting these values into the formula:

`(28 - 14.60)/(28)=(13.4)/(28)=.48` x 100 = 48%.