Question

Suppose you go shopping for a new futon bed for your apartment/home. The model you really like happens to be on sale for $675. It's original price is $900. What percent of the original price will you save if you purchase it?

Answer 1

Attached a solution and showed work.

Answer 2

`25\%`

Explanation:

Given: you go shopping for a new futon bed for your apartment/home.The model you really like happens to be on sale for
`\$675`. It's original price is
`\$900`.

To Find: What percent of the original price will you save if you purchase it.

Solution:

Original price of model
`=\$900`

discounted price of model on sale
`=\$675`

Now,

money saved by buying model from sale
`=\text{original price}-\text{price on sale}`

`900-675`

`\$225`

percentage of the original price saved
`=\frac{\text{Amount saved}}{\text{original price of model}}*100`

putting values

`(225)/(900)*100`

`(225)/(9)`

`25\%`

`25\%` of original price can be saved if model is purchased from sale.