Equation 1):
You want to buy something that costs $166.66, and it's on sale for 25% off. What is the item's sale price?
First, convert the 25% to a real mathematical number. For percent's, this is always done by dividing the 25% by 100%, or 25% / 100% = 0.250.
Second, find out what 25% of $166.66 is. This is the amount of the sale discount. This is always found by multiplying 0.250 by the item's cost $166.66, like this:
0.250 x $166.66 = $41.67.
So for this sale, you'll save $41.67 on this item.
This means, the cost of the item to you is
$166.66 - $41.67 = $125.00.
Alternatively, you can think about it this way. The item is 25% off. This means you'll pay 75.000% of the total cost (100% - 25% = 75.000%).
Now what's 75.000% of the total cost?
0.750 x $166.66 = $125.00.
Answer =====> Just like the result above, the sale price on the item is $125.00.
Equation 2:)
You want to buy something that costs $125, and it's on sale for 25% off. What is the item's sale price?
First, convert the 25% to a real mathematical number. For percent's, this is always done by dividing the 25% by 100%, or 25% / 100% = 0.250.
Second, find out what 25% of $125 is. This is the amount of the sale discount. This is always found by multiplying 0.250 by the item's cost $125, like this:
0.250 x $125 = $31.25.
So for this sale, you'll save $31.25 on this item.
This means, the cost of the item to you is
$125 - $31.25 = $93.75.
Alternatively, you can think about it this way. The item is 25% off. This means you'll pay 75.000% of the total cost (100% - 25% = 75.000%).
Now what's 75.000% of the total cost?
0.750 x $125 = $93.75.
Answer =====> Just like the result above, the sale price on the item is $93.75.
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