Question

Woolworths had a going out of business sale. The price of a telephone before the sale was $39.98. What was the price of the telephone after a 30% discount? If the sale price of the same telephone had been $23.99, what would the percentage discount have been?

Answer 1

to find the price after the discount the equation would be 39..98x.30which would equal 11.99. subtract that from the price before the discount and you get $27.99. thats your first answer. to find the second answer you would do 23.99 divided by 11.99 (the diacount from the first equation) to get the discount rate of 2% so your final answers are $27.99 and 2%