Question

Find the percent of decrease for each situation.
$250 is discounted for $212.50
$40 is discounted for $32

Answer 1

You divide the result by the original number. For example: 212.50/250 gives you .85, which is 85%. Then do the same for the second one.

Answer 2

not exactly but you can use that to get your answer

Answer 3

\(250-212.50=37.5\) and \(37.5\div 250=0.15\) so it is \(15\%\) discount, not an \(85\%\) discount

Answer 4

or if you do what @RCC said you see that \(212.50\div 250=0.85\) so if you pay \(85\%\) of the price it means you are getting a \(15\%\) discount