Question

A laptop computer was originally priced at $695.00. The price was reduced by 9%. What is the new price of the laptop?

Answer 1

695*.09

Answer 2

9% in decimal form is just .09, so all you have to do is multiply.

Answer 3

MAY I ASK HOW?

Answer 4

???

Answer 5

62.55

Answer 6

Ok, now subtract that from the original price

Answer 7

632.45

Answer 8

Per-cent means "out of one hundred". So if you chop $695.00 into 100 pieces, you only want 9 of them.\[\frac{$695.00}{100}\times 9\]Sleepyjess did some of the work for you.\[695\times\frac{9}{100}\]\[695\times 0.09\]\[=62.55\]Remember, you want to reduce the price of the computer by 9%.
\[$695.00-\left($695.00\times\frac{9}{100}\right)\]

Answer 9

Awesome explanation @doc.brown