Question

A customer paid $40 for a shirt. The original price of the shirt was $80. What percent of the original price did the customer pay? Enter your answer in the box. response - incorrect. incorrect answer: 40. The customer paid % of the original price of the shirt.

Answer 1

Answer: 50%

Step-by-step explanation: The customer paid half of what the shirt was originally for, so its 50% or "half" off.

Answer 2

For this case you want to know what percentage of the original price the customer paid for a specific shirt.

If the original price was $ 80 and payment $ 40, we have the following rule of three:

80 ----------> 100%

40 ----------> x

Where "x" represents the percentage that the customer paid with respect to the original price.

$x = \frac {40 * 100} {80}\\x = 50$

Thus, the customer paid 50% of the original price of the shirt.

Answer:

50%