Question

Find the discount on a skirt that is regularly priced at $50 and is on sale for $40.

Answer 1

If you take 50 percent and x it by 20% which is 0.2 it would be 10 dollars so it would be a 20% discount so take your 10 dollars and minus it from 50 to get 40

Answer 2

taybay111 pretty much explained it, but let me it another way. In general to find discount in percentage, D, of reduced price P2 from original price P1:
\[D = \frac{P_1 - P_2}{P_1} \times 100\% \]

Answer 3

Thanks ya!! Ya were a big help to me!