Question

At a store, a $40 dress is marked down 25%. What is the discount? What is the sale price of the dress?

Answer 1

discount`=$10`
sale price`=$30`

Explanation:

If a `$40` dress' price is reduced by `25%`, and you want to find the discount, then you must find `25%` of `$40`. You can do this by multiplying `0.25` by `$40`.

`"discount"=$40xx25%`

`"discount"=$40xx0.25`

`"discount"=color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)$10color(white)(a/a)|)))`

If the discount of the dress is `$10`, and you want to find the sale price, then subtract the discount from the original price.

`"sale price"="original price"-"discount"`

`"sale price"=$40-$10`

`"sale price"=color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)$30color(white)(a/a)|)))`