Question

An item originally costs $175.00. The item is now on sale for 99.75. What percent is the sale price for the original price? Is this an example of percent increase or decrease? Explain how you know?

Answer 1

Discount percent = 43% off

Discount amount (money saved) = $75.25

Explanation:

To find the discount percentage:

List price ($175) minus the sale price ($99.75) then divided by the list price ($175) and multiplied by 100 to get the discount percent of 43%.

To find how much money was saved:

List price ($175) minus sale price ($99.75) to get the amount saved, which savings are $75.25 in this case.

I hope this helps :)