Question

Lana bought a new jacket. The original price of the jacket was $48 but it was on sale for 15% off. What did Lana pay for the jacket with the discount?

Answer 1

Lana paid $40.8

Step-by-step explanation

you can easily solve this by using a rule of three.

Step 1

if the jacket was on sale for 15 off, then Lana paid :

`100-15=85`

85 % of the original price

Step 2

Let

x represents the value for the 85%

if

`48\Rightarrow100\text{ percent}`

then

`x\Rightarrow85\text{ percent}`

the proportion is the same, then

`(48)/(100)=(x)/(85)`

solve for x

`\begin{gathered} (48)/(100)=(x)/(85) \\ 48\cdot85=100\cdot x \\ x=(48\cdot85)/(100) \\ x=40.8 \end{gathered}`

Hence

Lana paid $40.8