Find the cost

Question

 an original price of a goldfish box is $7.50 

Discount: 10%

Answer 1

Hi Melanie,

 

Find the cost
an original price of a goldfish box is $7.50
Discount: 10%

 

To calculate the amount of money the item will be reduced by multiply the price of the item times amount in decimal form of the discount.

 

Price - discount = Cost of the discounted item

7.50- 7.50(.10)=

7.50-.75=

6.75

 

ANSWER:  the discounted item costs $6.75.

 

That's it...

Answer 2

Realizing that the buyer pays 90% for the item, one could also figure the problem as follows:

 

7.50(.90) = $6.75 was the discounted price of the goldfish box