Question

PLEASE HELP!!! here are two different strategies to find the new price of a hat after a discount of 40%. The hat was originally $30. Discuss how these strategies are the same and how they are different.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Method 1: Calculate 40% discount on original price, then subtract discount from original price.

Amount of discount = 40% of $30

= 0.40 × $30

= $12

New price = $30 - $12 = $18

Method 2:

New price = (100% - discount percentage) of original price

= 60% of original price

= 0.60 × $30

= $18