Question

Kim's furniture store is offering a 30% discount on all its armchairs. Using a proportion, find the discount of the price of an armchair that originally cost $297.00.

Answer 1

$386.10

Explanation:

x/297 = 30/100

297 × 20 = 8,910

x × 100 = 100x

8910 ÷ 100 = 89.1

89.1 + 297 = 386.1