Question

If a $1000 computer is marked off 35%, what is the sale price?
A)
$300
Eliminate
B)
$350
C)
$650
D)
$1350

Answer 1

@zepdrix

Answer 2

C

Answer 3

If the computer is discounted 35%, then it now costs 65% of it's original price.
We'll multiply $1000 by 65%, first converting our percent to a decimal.\[\huge $1000\cdot 65\text{%} \quad \rightarrow \quad 1000 \times 0.65\]