Question

Makong bought a new baseball glove for $32.00. He received a discount of 20% off the original price. Which Fraction, or decimal is equivalent to 20%? A 2/5B 1/20C 0.2D 2.0???

Answer 1

The discount is 20%.

20% means 20 out of 100

This can be written as

`\text{ }(20)/(100)\text{ = }(1)/(5)\text{ = 0.2}`

The correct answer is 0.2. Option C is the correct option