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A DVD player had a $108. Price tags the store gave a 25% discount. What was the amount of the discount?

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Answer:

$27

Explanation:

If we know that %25 is equal to 1/4, or 0.25, then we can use an equation that look like this:
108 × 0.25 = 27

Therefore, the amount of the discount was $27

How can you solve for percentages?

Solving for percentages can be tricky, and you may need help on trying to solve a problem including one. If you need to find a percentage of a number, the easiest way to do that is to convert the percentage into a fraction or decimal and multiply the total by that number.

For ex.

What is 15% of 60?

To do this, convert the percentage into a decimal.

15% converted into a decimal is 0.15.

Now multiply 60 by 0.15.

60 ÷ 0.15 = 9

So, the answer to this example would be 9.

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