Question

A sport jacket is on sale for 35% off, if the originsl price is $140, what is the sale price?

Answer 1

$91.00

Explanation:

The jacket is on sale for 35%. Usually, you pay for 100% of the jacket's price. Since it is on sale, we can subtract 35% from 100%.

100%-35%=65%

With the sale, you only pay for 65% of the price.

Now, we can multiply 65% and 140.

65% * 140

Convert 65% to a decimal. Divide 65 by 100 or move the decimal place 2 spots to the left.

65/100=0.65

65.0 --> 6.5 --> 0.65

0.65 * 140

Multiply

91

$91

The sale price for the sports jacket is $91.00

Answer 2

$91

Explanation:

If a jacket is on sale for 35% off, that means that the price of the jacket is
`100-35=65`% of its original price.

We can find 65% of 140 by making 65% into a decimal - 0.65, then multiply it by 140.

`140\cdot0.65=91`

Hope this helped!