Question

With a coupon, you can get a pair of shoes that normally costs $84 for only $72. What percentage was the discount?

Answer 1

Answer:

Think the answer is 14% rounded

explanation:

take 72 divided by 84 = 14.2857143% actual answer then simplify 14.29% then round 14%

Answer 2

Given:

The marked price of shoes=$84

The selling price of shoes=$72

To find:

The percentage of discount

Solution:

We can find the solution by following the given steps-

We know that the discount is calculated on the marked price of an item.

Also, the selling price is the difference between the marked price and discount.

So, Marked price of shoes - Discount= Selling price of shoes

$84-discount= $72

Discount= $12

Now, we will calculate the percentage of the discount.

Let the percentage be X.

Marked price×X/100= Discount

84×X/100= 12

X= 12×100/84

X=100/7

X= 14.28%

Therefore, the percentage of discount is 14.28%.