Question

Aisha went shopping for a new video game because of a sale. The store was offering a 5% discount. If the price on the tag was $27, what would be the price after the discount but before tax, to the nearest dollar and cent?

Answer 1

$25.65

Explanation:

Since we are applying a discount to a price tag, we will be decreasing the amount of that price tag.

In this case, we will be taking 5% off of $27. This means that our new price tag will be 95% of what it originally was. To find the answer, we must first change 95% into a decimal.

95% ->
`(95)/(100)` -> 0.95

Next, we multiple $27 by 0.95 as shown below:

`27(0.95)`

Our answer will be:

$25.65