Question

How much will you save if you buy an item listed at $175.50 at a 35 percent discount?

Answer 1

Answer

The saving be $61.43 .

Explanation:

As given

if you buy an item listed at $175.50 at a 35 percent discount .

35% is written in the decimal form.

$= \frac{35}{100}$

= 0.35

Saving  = 0.35 × Cost of item

Putting the values in the above

Saving  = 0.35 × 175.50

            = $ 61.43 (Approx)

Therefore the saving be $61.43 .

Answer 2

C.) $61.43, x over 175.5 = 35 over 100. Cross multiply 175.5 by 35 and then divide over 100. You are left with $61.425, hope this helps.