Question

Video games are on sale for 25% off. If a particular game regularly sells for $59.50, what is the sale price?
a.
$34.83
b.
$14.88
c.
$74.38
d.
$44.62

Answer 1

There's two ways to solve

If it normally sells for x price and it has a 25% discount then

Method 1
0.25*x
And then
x - (0.25*x)

Method 2
You're saving 25% which means you're paying 75%
So
0.75*x

You'll see that both ways give you the same answer because the expressions are equivalent