Question

You are offered an item for $17.85. If the seller states he normally sells the same item for $19.95, what percentage discount is he offering you?

Answer 1

Take 19.95 and subtract 17.85 from it to get 2.10. Divide 2.10 by 19.95 to get 0.105. Multiply that by 100 and you get 10.52. So it's 10% or maybe 11% if you're supposed to round. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Answer:

Find out the what percentage discount is seller offering you .

To prove

Formula

$Discouunt\ percentage = \frac{Discount\times 100}{Marked\ price}$

Discount = Marked price - Selling price

As given

You are offered an item for $17.85. If the seller states he normally sells the same item for $19.95 .

Here

Marked price = $19.95

Selling price = $17.85

Discount = 19.95 - 17.85

               = $2.1

Put in the formula

$Discouunt\ percentage = \frac{2.1\times 100}{19.95}$

$Discouunt\ percentage = \frac{210}{19.95}$

Discount percentage = 10.5% (Approx)

Therefore the discount is seller offering you is 10.5 % .