Avani has a loyalty card good for a discount at her local hardware store. The item she wants to buy is priced at $17, before dis

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count and tax. After the discount, and before tax, the price is $15.64. Find the percent discount.

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Pachacha [2.7K] · Answer 1 · 2023-02-13T07:31:17+03:00

The percentage discount on the item will be equal to 8%.

<h3>What is the percentage?</h3>

The Percentage is defined as representing any number with respect to the 100. It is denoted by the sign %.

Given that:-

The percentage of the discount will be calculated as:-

Percentage discount = ( 17 - 16.64 ) / ( 17 )

Percentage discount= ( 1.36 ) / ( 17 )

Percentage discount = 0.08 x 100 = 8%

Therefore the percentage discount on the item will be equal to 8%.

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