The price of an item has been reduced by 25%. The original price was $55. What is its sale price?

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Answer 1 · 2017-11-22T14:06:32

See a solution process below:

We can use this formula to solve this problem:

#s = p - (d xx p)#

Where:

#s# is the sales price: what we are solving for in this problem.

#p# is the original price: $55 for this problem.

#d# is the discount rate: 25% for this problem. "Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100", Therefore 25% can be written as #25/100#.

Substituting and calculating #s# gives:

#s = $55 - (25/100 xx $55)#

#s = $55 - ($1375)/100#

#s = $55 - $13.75#

#s = $41.25#

The sales price is $41.25