The cost pair of inline skates is $63. If the inline skates are on sale for 35% off, what is the sale price of the inline skates in dollars?

2 Answers
Jun 14, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

The formula for solving this problem is:

p=c(cs)

Where:

p is the price of the item after the sale percent is removed. What we are solving for with this problem.

c is the original cost of the item. $63 for this problem.

s is the sales rate - 35% for this problem. "Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 35% can be written as 35100.

Substituting and calculating p gives:

p=$63($6335100)

p=$63$2205100

p=$63$22.05

p=$40.95

The sale price of the inline skaters is $40.95

Jun 14, 2017

$40.95

Explanation:

One way of finding the sale price is to find the percent discount and subtract it.

35% of $63 is:

35100×63

=$22.05

So if the price is reduced by $22.05, the amount to be paid is:

$63$22.05=$40.95

Another way is to realise that if the price is being reduced by 35%, then only $$65% is being paid:

100%35%=65%

Find the remaining 65%

65% of $63

=65100×$63

=$40.95