Question

You buy a new pair of jeans at a department store Jeans. 39.99Discount. -10.00subtotal. 29.99sales tax. 1.95 Total. 31.94 what is the percent of discount to the nearest percent?what is the percent of sales tax to the nearest tenth of a percent?The price of the jeans includes a 60% markup. After the discount, what is the percent of markup of the nearest percent?

Answer 1

The answer is 24%

To solve this, we need to know what percentage of the price without discount is the discount. In this case, the discount is $10 and the price $39.99 plus the taxes $1.95 = $41.94

Now, we want to know what percentage of 41.94 is 10.

The way to solve this is:

Y = P%* X

Where X is the total and Y the discount. P is the percentage, in decimal

`\begin{gathered} 10=P\cdot41.94 \\ P=(10)/(41.94)=0.238 \end{gathered}`

To convert P to percentage, we multiply by 100:

`0.238\cdot100=23.8`

Rounded up is 24%