Question

what is the discount on a leather jacket that costs 298$ discounted at 15 %

Answer 1

What is 298 *.15?

Answer 2

44.7

Answer 3

I believe that is you answer... $44.70

Answer 4

say $298 is the original price or 100%
what's 15% of that?
so we can say \(\large \begin{array}{ccllll}
amount&\%
\\\hline\\
298&100\\
x&15
\end{array}\implies \cfrac{298}{x}=\cfrac{100}{15}\)