Question

Someone please help me! I dont understand ....
Quincy had a coupon for his favorite clothing store. He received a discount of eleven dollars on a pair of jeans that originally cost fifty-five dollars. Set up a percent proportion to determine the percent discount he received with his coupon. Which of the following is a denominator in the proportion?

Answer 1

@homeschoolgal please help

Answer 2

hi may u please help??

Answer 3

I'm sorry. I'm a math whiz, but not a big one. This is a bit complicated for me. If you need help with adding, subtracting, dividing, or multiplying fractions i'm here. If you need help with radius or circles i'm here. If you need with turning fractions in decimals or decimals in fraction or improper fractions to mixed numbers Then I'm here. But, for this I'm not.

Answer 4

ok it alright... thanks anyway :) i appreciate it

Answer 5

No prob.

Answer 6

I think I can help you :) Do you know anything about solving this problem?

Answer 7

awesome :) yeah a little

Answer 8

ok, what do you know?

Answer 9

ik that 11 goes over 55 and that you have to multiply and turn things into decimals. lol i suck terribly at math

Answer 10

What I think you'll do is put the 55 over 11 because 55 was the ORIGINAL price. THen I think you'll divide to get the percentage off...though I'm not totally sure

Answer 11

@e.mccormick can you help?

Answer 12

5% off?? lol im stumped

Answer 13

no. that's a positive 5. I"m thinking 50% off...

Answer 14

oh

Answer 15

I think I just confused you more...

Answer 16

haha lol :D nahh im fine i just need help thats it

Answer 17

Oh my gosh...i got it. It just hit me. Just a sec

Answer 18

percents are out of 100 right?

Answer 19

oh ok cool

Answer 20

yes

Answer 21

like pennies

Answer 22

ok so you put the info you know into a proportion like this, correct?

Answer 23

yes

Answer 24

ok, so do you know what to do after that?

Answer 25

i think it hit me too! awesome :)

Answer 26

So, you'll cross multiply the 11 and 100 then divide by 55, right?

Answer 27

yes!

Answer 28

to get x which I think equals 20%

Answer 29

yes

Answer 30

I think I learned something, too :D lol

Answer 31

haha cool :)

Answer 32

Happy to help you.

Answer 33

thx @k_lynn