In a sale, the price of a computer is reduced from $1,280 to $1,030. Find the rate of the discount and the amount of the discount. Round the discount rate to the nearest tenth of a percent if necessary.

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anonymous · Answer

what formula that would help me to get discount rate

anonymous · Answer

Here

anonymous · Answer

Umm... Sorry I Don't Know The Answer

arbershabani97 · Answer

you divide 1030 by 1280 = 0.805
so this means that the percentage of the actual price has fallen from 100% to 80.5%
So the discount is 100%-80.5% = 19.5%
and we find the amount of the discount by finding the difference of 1280 and 1030 = 250$