Question

cost price is 500 selling price is 300 what is percentage of discount​

Answer 1

Answer:

40

Step-by-step explanation:

500-300=200

percentage of discount=(200/500)*100

=40%

Answer 2

Question :

cost price is 500 selling price is 300 what is percentage of discount

Answer :

$\sf\purple{Given}$

• Cost price is 500

• selling price is 300

$\sf\purple{To\:find}$

• Percentage of discount = ?

Explanation :

To find the percentage of discount we first need to find the discount .

$\sf\blue{Discount = Cost price - selling price}$

$\longrightarrow\sf{500 - 300}$

$\longrightarrow\sf\pink{200}$

Discount% = (Discount/Cost price) × 100

$\longrightarrow\sf{\dfrac{200}{500}\times100}$

$\longrightarrow\sf{\dfrac{2}{5}\times100}$

$\longrightarrow\sf{\dfrac{200}{5}}$

$\longrightarrow\sf\pink{40}$

• Therefore discount % is 40%