Question

Carissa bought a new pair of shoes that normally cost $50 for a sale price of $32.50 what was the percent of the discount

Answer 1

the discount was 35%
to find that i did 32.5 / 50 and found 0.65 which means thats 32.5 is 65% of 50, but 17.5 was taken off and 17.5 is 35% of 50.