Question

You want to buy a new winter coat that originally costs $115. The coat was marked down to $86.25 so you bought it. What percent was the coat discounted by?

Answer 1

20% hope that helps brainliest

Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

The regular price is $62.50.

Explanation:

If the sale price is $50, and the sale is 20% off, that means the $50 represents the other 80% of the regular price—the part that you do pay. So then we ask ourselves, okay, $50 is 80 percent of... what? In math speak, that would be written as

$50(is)80%(of)(regular price)

$50=80% ×           r

Solving this for r, we get

r=$5080%

We remind ourselves that the "percentage" symbol is just a shorthand for "divide this number by 100." The equation becomes

r=$5080/100=$500.8=$62.50

So the regular price is $62.50.

Bonus:

A general formula can be used for any regular price r, any percent discount p, and any sale price s:

     p%off     of  reg.price  is    sale price

(100−p)%×       r        =        s

As long as we know two of the three variables {p,r,s}, we can solve for the third one.

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