Question

17.99 CD;10% discount

Answer 1

Alright do you know what to do?

Answer 2

\[17.99\times.1\]

Answer 3

why *.1?

Answer 4

So you get the amount you will subtract.

Answer 5

You need to get the 10% of 17.99

Answer 6

ohhhh :o

Answer 7

Yeah you take the price then times the percent. Then subtract if it's a "discount" if it were a tax you'd add the amount. It's basically the same process. Understand?

Answer 8

its kind of confusing. I mean I know what you're talking about but its a little confusing

Answer 9

Also it looks like you were confused with the percent turning into a decimal...

10 % is the same thing as writing

10 1
--- ...this simplifies to --- right? well when you evaluate that...you have .10
100 10

That is why you multiply it by .1 :)

Answer 10

so is it the same thing as 10%?

Answer 11

Correct!

Just like 25% will be

25 1
--- = --- = .25
100 4

So 25% would be .25

And so on and so forth :)

Answer 12

So...when you want to figure out what a 10% discount will be off a price...you do that multiplication...

17.99 x .1 = ?

Answer 13

omg that is so much easier to look at :-)

Answer 14

1.799

Answer 15

Good I'm glad :)

And yes 1.799 is correct....that is what the discount does...

it takes 1.799 off of the original price...so now that you want to know what the price is AFTER that...you just subtract it...

17.99 - 1.799 = ?

Answer 16

16.191

Answer 17

Correct....the final price after the discount will be 16.19 :)

Answer 18

ohhhh THANK YOU SOO MUCH.. I really appreciate you taking your time and actually teaching me something. I think i dont need help anymore. You're Awesome!!!<3

Answer 19

Anytime :)

And like I said before, feel free to message me if you need ANY more help :)

Answer 20

I surely will :D