Question

Will give brainliest to first right answer. Before a sale an items price was $28.00 then after being discounted the price was $14.60. What was the discount for the item? with a exact fraction

Answer 1

Answer:

The discount was $47\frac{6}{7}$%

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find out the discount will have to do the following.

First find out what part of the origin price was taken of, so we create a fraction with the denominator being the original price and the numerator being the difference between the original price and the discount price. So we do.....

$\frac{28.00-14.60}{28.00} = \frac{2800 - 1460}{2800} = \frac{1340}{2800} = \frac{67}{140}$

Now we have to find a fraction with the same value but with the denominator being a 100, so we do.....

$\frac{67 / 1.4}{140/1.4}= \frac{47\frac{6}{7} }{100}$

From this we know that the the discount in percentages will be equal to $47\frac{6}{7}$%

Answer 2

Answer:

52.1428571429

Step-by-step explanation:

14.60 × 100 = 1460

1460 ÷ 28 = 52.1428571429