Concept explainers
To Describe: The two methods for finding the sale price of an item.
Answer to Problem 2E
The two methods are described below in the ‘calculation’ part.
Explanation of Solution
Given information: The original price and the discount percent is known.
Formula used:
Calculation: Since, the original price and the discount percent is given, and the sale price is to be calculated. In the 1st method, calculate the discount by multiplying the discount percent with original price and subtract it from the original price. The 2nd method involves the subtraction of discount percent from ‘1’ and then multiplying it with the original price.
The two methods are as follows:
1st Method:
2nd Method:
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