Question

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Mahin works at a clothing store. She bought a sweater that normally costs $55. She only paid $38.50 after applying the employee discount. What percent off is the employee discount?


and what is 16.5 as a percent?

Answer 1

30 percent off is the employee discount.

Explanation:

Given:

Mahin bought a sweater that normally costs $55. She only paid $38.50 after applying the employee discount.

Now, to find out the percent off in the employee discount.

So, we need to get the amount of discount:

Discount =
`55-38.50`=
`16.50`

So, the amount of discount is $16.50.

Now, we get the percentage of the amount of discount:

`(16.50)/(55)* 100`

`=0.30* 100`

`=30.`

So, the discount is 30%.

Therefore, 30 percent off is the employee discount.