The regular price of an item is $65. The item is on sale with a discount of $8.

What is the discount rate?

A.
0.123%

B.
1.23%

C.
8%

D.
12.3%

Question

The regular price of an item is $65. The item is on sale with a discount of $8. 

What is the discount rate?
 
 A.
0.123%
 
 B.
1.23%
 
 C.
8%
 
 D.
12.3%

bloomlocke367 · Answer

okay.. what you can do is write a proportion..

bloomlocke367 · Answer

$$\frac{ 8 }{ 65 }=\frac{ ? }{ 100 }$$ do you understand why I set it up that way? cross multiply and divide to find the '?'

rainbow_rocks03 · Answer

8*?=?

bloomlocke367 · Answer

no.. CROSS multiply and divide XD 8*100= what? then divide that by 65

rainbow_rocks03 · Answer

um i did that and it was a long crazy number.

bloomlocke367 · Answer

800/65?

rainbow_rocks03 · Answer

yah

bloomlocke367 · Answer

you should've gotten 12.307.... what does that round to?

rainbow_rocks03 · Answer

12.3?

bloomlocke367 · Answer

yes.. :) and that's already the percent because it was over 100

rainbow_rocks03 · Answer

so 12.3 is my answer.

bloomlocke367 · Answer

yes. 12.3%