Combo meals originally sell for $7.94 and are now on sale at 10% off. What is the cost of the meal after the discount is deducted?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-14T16:12:52

$ #7.146#

Formula is #D = P*R#

Where:
#D# = Discount Price
#P# = Original Price
#R# = Rate of Discount

Plugging All the Values:

We need to convert the 10% (Percentage to Decimal), Just simply remove the percentage sign then divide by 100. We get 10/100 = 0.10 or 0.1

#D = 7.94 * 0.10 #

#D = 0.794#

#Discounted Price# = Original Price - Discount Price

Discounted Price = 7.94 - 0.794

= $ #7.164#

Answer 2 · 2016-04-14T16:23:42

#$7.15#

10% is just another way of writing #10/100#

Considering the question a bit at a time

10% of $7.94 is #10/100xx7.94 = 0.794" "# ( in dollars)

So the price after reduction is #$(7.94 - 0.794) = $7.146#

Rounding this to 2 decimal places gives

#" "$7.15#
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Doing the whole thing in one go:

#" "$7.94(1-10/100)=$7.146#