A sofa regularly sells for $460 the sale price is $377.20 find the percent decrease of the sale price from the regular price

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Answer?    A sofa regularly sells for $460 the sale price is $377.20 find the percent decrease of the sale price from the regular price 

Answer 1

Macy, this is one of those times that math has practical, real world applications. I use this one all the time since I like to get discounts. The equation goes like this:

 

((Original Price - Discounted Price) / Original Price) x 100. That gets you the percent decrease.

 

So it applies to your problem as follows:

 

((460 -377.20) / 460)) x 100. Don't forget to add the % symbol when you are done.