Question

3. Ahmed wants to buy a new carpet for his house. The cost of the carpet is $240. One day the carpet shop has a special offer of a 25% discount. How much money does it cost him by using this offer?

Answer 1

After using the offer the carpet would cost Ahmed $180.

Explanation:

Given:

Cost of the carpet = $240

Discount percent = 25%

We need to find the cost of the carpet after discount.

Solution:

First we will find the Discount cost.

Now we know that;

Discount cost is equal to Discount percent multiplied by Cost of the carpet divided by 100.

framing in equation form we get;

Discount cost =
`(25)/(100)* 240 = \$60`

Now we will find the Cost of the carpet after discount.

Now we know that;

Cost of the carpet after discount is equal to Cost of the carpet minus Discount cost.

framing in equation form we get;

Cost of the carpet after discount =
`\$240-\$60= \$180`

Hence After using the offer the carpet would cost Ahmed $180.