Question

You have had your eye on an outfit at the mall for the last month. It costs $115.78. Yesterday it went on sale for 30% off. If you bought it now, how much would you pay? Round to the nearest cent.
A. $85.78
B. $81.05
C. $75.95
D. $85.08

Answer 1

? do you know how to calculate what the discount of 30% is?

Answer 2

No, im posting on here cause i dont know it :/

Answer 3

discount is calculated by multiplying discount rate by cost
in this case .30 * 115.78 =

Answer 4

once you multiple that amount

subtract it from 115.78 and that will tell you the price she paid.

so what did you get?

Answer 5

I got 78.04?

Answer 6

Maybe i did something wrong?

Answer 7

.30 * 115.78 = 34.734

Answer 8

Oh, thank you.

Answer 9

uw

Answer 10

so its B. $81.05 right?