Question

Quinton went out to buy a new pair of shoes. He found a pair on sale for $90. The original price was $120. What was the percent of discount for these shoes that Quinton bought?

Answer 1

Answer:

25% off

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to calculate the percentage of sale we need to divide the new sale price by the original price. Once we do this we subtract this number from 1 in order to get the discount amount in decimal form. Finally, we multiply this decimal by 100 to get the final discount percentage. Like so...

90 / 120 = 0.75

1 - 0.75 = 0.25

0.25 * 100 = 25%

Finally, we can see that the percent of discount for these shoes that Quinton bought were 25% off.