Question

Find the missing values.
marked price is $18.70
rate of discount is 35%
what is the discount and the sale price?

Answer 1

Percents are easy to do, 35% of 18.70 is the same as multiplying 18.70 by .35

Answer 2

type whole numbers or decimal rounded to the nearest cent as needed

Answer 3

yeah but i have to find what the discount was and the sale price how would i do that?

Answer 4

\(\large {\begin{array}{llll}
quantity&percent\\
18.70&35\\
x&100
\end{array}\implies \cfrac{18.70}{x}=\cfrac{35}{100}\\ \quad \\
\textit{what's the discount amount? well 35% of x}}\)