Question

Find the amount of the discount on a $234 item with a discount of 15%

A. $35.01
B. $40.00
C. $23.40
D. $35.10

Answer 1

First, convert the 15% into a decimal, which is 0.15.
Multiply 234 by 0.15 to find the amount of money that the regular price is getting reduced by. 234*0.15 = 35.10.
The answer is D. $35.10.
Hope that helped you!

Answer 2

The discount on the item is $35.10 .

Option (D) is correct .

Explanation:

As given

Price of an item is $234 with a discount of 15%.

15 % is written in the decimal form.

`= (15)/(100)`

= 0.15

Discount on the item = 0.15 × Price of item

= 0.15 × 234

= $ 35.10

Therefore the discount on the item is $35.10 .

Option (D) is correct .