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A car is discounted 10% and sells for $15,673. What was the discount amount?

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i believe the answer is 1741.44
User Zlatan Omerovic
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Answer:

$1741.44

Explanation:

The discounted amount is 100% -10% = 90% of the original. The amount of the discount is 10% of the original, or 1/9 of the discounted amount:

10% = 90% × 1/9

The discount was ...

$15,673/9 = 1,741.44

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The original is the sum of the discounted amount and the discount:

original price = $15,673.00 +1,741.44 = $17, 414.44

10% of that value is 1,741.44, as shown above.

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