Question

Original price 45 percent discount 15%

Answer 1

The reduced price is $38.25.

.15 * 45 = 6.75

45 - 6.75 = 38.25

Answer 2

To figure this out, you must take 100 and subtract 15. If it was a markup, you would add 15. 100 minus 15 is 85. Since 15% is a percentage, you make 85 a percentage as well. 85%. Take 85% and make it a decimal, which .85. Take .85 and multiply it by 45. .85 times 45 is 38.25.
The answer is 38.25.