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How do you find the percent of discount if the original price is $578 and the sale price is $78.76

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Answer: 86%discount approx

Explanation:

You need to think about how the original price (578) is 100% of the price and that the sale price (78) is just a percentage of that. To discover how much of that 100% the price 78 is, you can write the formula:

578:100=78:x

X=(78*100)/578

X=14 %

Once you know that 78 represents the 14% of the whole price (100%-578) you just have to subtract that amount from the whole to understand which percent of discount has been applied: 100-14 = 86%

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