Question

The regular price of a pair of glasses is $90. The glasses are on sale for a discount price of $76.50 What is the percent of the discount ?

Answer 1

Answer:

15%

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{76.50}{90}=\frac{x}{100}$         Set up a proportion.

$90x=7,650$      Cross-multiply.

$x=85$               Divide both sides by 90.

$100-85=15$    The discounted price is 85% of the regular price so the                                          

                        discount is 15%.

Answer 2

Percent of the discount is 15%