Question

Quincy had a coupon for his favorite clothing store. He received a discount of 16 dollars on a pair of jeans that originally cost 48 dollars. Set up a percent proportion to determine the percent discount he received with his coupon. Which of the following is a numerator in the proportion?

sixteen

thirty-two

forty-eight

Answer 1

35

Answer 2

16 would be in the numerator

Answer 3

sorry 16

Answer 4

\[\frac{16}{48} = \frac{{percent}}{100} \]