I bought a jacket in a store for £35.99. The original price was £65.99. How do I work out the percentage discount given?
2007-07-14 02:14:49 · 5 answers · asked by Dave W 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
30 / 66
because 30 is the discount and 66 is the original..
about 45%
2007-07-14 14:58:51 · answer #1 · answered by zioncanyon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do a percent difference. You have to calculate the percentage that you didn't pay.
so 65.99-35.99 = 30
30/65.99
that comes up to about 45%
You know it CAN NOT Be at or over 50%. Why? Because half of 65.99 is about 33 and you paid more than that!
2007-07-14 02:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa Me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so far we has 50% for 54.54% and 50% for 45.5%.
the formula for discount is (1 - price paid / original price)
(1 - 35.99 / 65.99) = (1- 0.5454) = 0.45.46 or 45.46 / 100 or 45.46% discount.
2007-07-14 04:10:24 · answer #3 · answered by Bill R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
35.99 / 65.99 = 54.54% discount.
2007-07-14 02:16:48 · answer #4 · answered by Feeling new @ 42 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you divide what you paid by the origonal price you will get your answer of what your discount is
2007-07-14 03:37:21 · answer #5 · answered by lfw0255 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋