Question

The price of a hot tub was marked down by $250. The original price of the hot tub was $3,600. What was the percentage rate of the discount (to the nearest

tenth of a percent)?
5.8% rate of discount
7.2% rate of discount
6.9% rate of discount
8.5% rate of discount
None of these choices are correct.
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Answer 1

6.9% discount

(6.9% of 3,600 is 248.40 but the question says to choose the closest answer)

Answer 2

Then what’s the point