Question

A pan has an original price of $32 but is marked down by 15 percent. Which equation shows the new price of the pan?
(32 dollars) (100 percent minus 15 percent) = (32 dollars) (85 percent) = 27 dollars and 20 cents
(32 dollars) (15 percent) = 4 dollars and 80 cents
(32 dollars) (15 percent) + 32 dollars = 4 dollars and 80 cents + 32 dollars = 36 dollars and 80 cents
(32 dollars) (185 percent) = 59 dollars and 20 cents

Answer 1

which one do u think u can cross off

Answer 2

ones*

Answer 3

"Marked down" refers to a discount. This means that your resulting price should end up being LESS than your starting price - so you can get rid of those options/answers.

The idea being used here is that 100 percent is the full price. A discount is subtracting an amount from that full price. So maybe you would want an option that uses subtraction.

I can show you a similar example that uses DIFFERENT numbers: A t-shirt has an original price of $7 but is marked down by 12 percent. The new price of the t-shirt after the discount would be represented by: (New Price) = (Original Price) * (100 percent - Discounted percent).
In this t-shirt example (not your original problem), this would work out to be 7 * (100% - 12%) = 7 * (88 percent) = 7 * 0.88 = 6.16

With the formula above, you can apply the same idea with the numbers from your problem to try to answer your original question. Let me know if you are still stuck :)

Answer 4

so like a first step you need calcule the 15% of 32

do you know the way ?

@XioGonz

Answer 5

32/x=100/15

(32/x)*x=(100/15)*x - we multiply
both sides of the equation by x

32=6.66666666667*x - we divide both sides of the equation by (6.66666666667) to get x

32/6.66666666667=x

4.8=x

x=4.8

Answer 6

Isn’t that a little misleading if the question is asking for “the new price of the pan” rather than “how much the discount was worth”?

unless I’m missing some piece of conversation...