Question

Joline came home from the mall, boasting that she bought a $35.00 skirt for only $10.50. What percent discount did she get?

Answer 1

The answer is seventy percent. To find this, first find the amount of the discount, and then use a proportion to find the percent. Here’s the idea.

First, set up a proportion. To determine the amount of the discount, subtract the price paid from the original price.

Next, replace the words in the proportion with the known amounts. Then, cross multiply. Twenty-four dollars and fifty cents times one hundred equals percent of discount times thirty-five dollars.

Now, divide both sides of the equation by thirty-five dollars. And, we find that Joline’s skirt was sold at a seventy percent discount!

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Answer 2

70%

Explanation:

=10.50/35.00%

=30%

Joline bought the skirt by paying 30% of the original value.

=100%-30%

=70%

Joline gets a discount of 70%.