Calculating percentages - need help please !!!?

Question

Question about calculating percentages. For an example:

If the price of a clothing were $49.50, what would be the actual price if it were 30 percent off ???

Answer 1

to get 30 percent multiply 49.50 by 0.3
then subtract that from 49.50

Answer 2

I t may be easier for your formed your question as follows . What percent , a number divide by 100 multiplied by is over of.
For example in your word problem you already have three of the factors 30% witch is 30 over100 and you are asking what is 30% of 49.50 ( is over of)

? %/100 x is/of = 30/100 x ?/ 49.50

= 30 x 49.50 = 1485 /100= 14.85

49.50 - 14.85 = $34.65

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

The solution to this question would be:
Actual price = 49.50 / 70% or = 49.50 * 100/70
= $70.71 = $70.71

To do this question, just minus 30% from 100% and divide 49.50 with that value. This generally applies to all similar questions. Its actually quite simple

Answer 4

Remember that percent means per hundred (as 30 years per century would be 30% and 30 cents per dollar would be 30% of a dollar). Your are going to divide $49.50 into 100 parts then take 30 parts. $49.50/100x30 = $14.85 (off).

Actual price is $49.50 - $14.85 = $34.65

The more direct calculation would be that if you are taking 30 parts of a hundred (30%) off you will have 70 parts of a hundred (70%) left. $49.50/100x70 = $34.65.

Even more directly, 70% of $49.50 = 0.70 x $49.50 = $34.65 because 70/100 = 0.70

Answer 5

When you're finding the price of something when it has a percentage off it...
Find that percentage first- 30%x 49.5 = 14.85
Then take that from the total amount that you had to begin with.
49.50- 14.85 =34.65

Answer 6

what is wrong with you guys, read the question carefully. it said the $49.50 was 30% off. the $49.50 is the price after 30% disscount. and he want the actual price, that is before the 30% disscount.

so, here the steps of calculation,
actual price - (30% of the actual price) = 49.50
actual price - ((30/100) * actual price) = 49.50
actual price(1 - (30/100)) = 49.50
actual price = 70.71.

$70.71 is the price before the 30% disscount.

Answer 7

make a proportion. 30% off means you have paid 70% of the actual price


70% $49.50
100% x

x= (100/70) $49.50
so the actual price before discount has been $70.71

Answer 8

Divide it by 10.....which gives you 10%.....multiply by 3....which gives you 30%....then take that off he original price. = $34.65.

CLOUDY...the question is ambiguous...it could be interpreted either way, reading it 'carefully.'...as you put it. So there.

Answer 9

If you read my answer to your previous question, you will find I have already explained the technique for doing this.

Answer 10

49.5 x 30%
49.5 x .3=14.85
49.50-14.85=34.65

ans. $34.65