Answer: $12.60
Step-by-step explanation:
An alternate and easier way of finding the clearance price of an item is to take the percentage off and subtract it from 100. This way you don’t have to subtract your product from the total price to find your answer. This’ll make more sense when I show both methods.
Method #1 (harder):
Original price: $18
30% discount
Make the percentage a decimal and multiply it by the original price.
18 x .3 = 5.4 or $5.40
Original price - 5.4 = 12.6 or $12.60
Method #2 (short cut, one less step):
100% - 30% = 70%
Think about it like this - the 30% is what you’re NOT paying for while the 70% is what the item will actually be worth.
Original price x .7 = 12.6