Question

Marta buys a bicycle for $350, reduced from $402.50. What is her percentage saving?
Please explain!

Answer 1

final = intial + (percent)(initial)
350 = 402.50 + p(404.50)
p = -0.1304 (which means save about 13.04%)

Answer 2

I got the result of 13.05%. Would you like to know how I got that answer?

Answer 3

What is the AMOUNT of the savings?

Answer 4

All response or explanations would be helpful :)

Answer 5

Answer the question.

Answer 6

So, how I got 13.05% was this:
350/ 402.5. do that for me. that would result in a decimal, correct?

Answer 7

yeah, it'd be .869565217~

Answer 8

good! so multiply that by 100, because 100 is the "whole"

Answer 9

what do you get?

Answer 10

I'd get 86.9565217~
So, does this mean that 350 is 86.9565217% of 402.50?
If that's so, I can use 100% to subtract that^ to get 13.04 or 13.05 percent, right?
I think~

Answer 11

YES. you got it! use 100 to subtract from 86.9565217, because 86......is the percentage that you PAY, get it? what do you get as your final answer?

Answer 12

if you get 13.05% that is the percentage you save. 86.....is the percentage that you PAY. what is the problem asking for? (;

Answer 13

Oh, okay, I get it now! Thanks a lot :)!

Answer 14

your welcome! hope i am of great help! well, i think i got this right, only because xxferro said he got that answer around mine. (; good luck!