Question

Jasmine buys the magic carpet on sale for $374. She saved $66 off the regular price. What percent was the price discounted?

Answer 1

The percentage is 15%

Answer 2

15%

Explanation:

Let c represent the regular price of the carpet.

Then:

sale price = regular price less discount

$374 = c - $66

Adding $66 to both sides isolates (solves for) c:

$374 + $66 = c = $440. This is the regular price.

$66

---------- = 0.15 This is the fraction of the regular price by

$440 which the regular price is reduced.

Then the percentage of this discount was 0.15(100%) = 15%