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

Question

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

anonymous · Answer

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.

anonymous · Answer

not exactly but you can use that to get your answer

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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