Question

Van purchased a DVD player on sale. The initial price was $179.30. The price after the discount was $144.77. what was the percent of decrease (discount rate)

Answer 1

The percent of discount is rounded to 19%. Steps:

1. Divide 144.77 by 179.30

2. You get the answer 0.80741773... etc.

3. You round it to 0.81.

4. You turn it into a percent by moving the dot(decimal) to the right four times.

5. And then you subtract it from 100 and you get 19% for the discount.

Answer 2

Answer: 19.26%

Explanation:

Given : Van purchased a DVD player on sale.

The initial price was $179.30. The price after the discount was $144.77.

Then, the discounted price = Initial price - Price after the discount

= $179.30-$144.77= $34.53

Now, the percent of decrease is given by :-

`\frac{\text{Discount amount}}{\text{Original price}}*100\\\\=(34.53)/(179.30)*100=19.2582264361\approx19.26\ \%`

Hence, the percent of decrease = 19.26%