Vickie pays $90.00 for a new dress at a President's Day sale. If the original price for the dress was $225.00, what is the percent discount?

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anonymous · Answer

|dw:1359747911750:dw|

works every time
N = new price
O = Old amount

anonymous · Answer

90-225/225? didnt give me the correct answer tho

anonymous · Answer

it will be a negative number because the price decrease

what is 90-225
divide that by 225

should get -.60  which tells you it was on sale for 60% of the original price

anonymous · Answer

Oh it gave me 0.6 my bad, thanks!

anonymous · Answer

:)  I knew it would

anonymous · Answer

So that works every time? Sweet thanks again!