raiders2 raiders2
  • 02-03-2016
  • Mathematics
contestada

Find the discount rate on a $15 cap that is on sale for $13.50

Respuesta :

jamesm78291
jamesm78291 jamesm78291
  • 02-03-2016

Set a proportion    13.50/15   and  x/100

13.50x100=1350     1350/15=90      subtract 90 from 100  so 10

10% is the discount rate because 10% of 15 is 1.50 or $1.50

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

how come some girls don't get period cramps?
three consecutive even integers have a sum of 168. what's the value of the largest integer?
The most commonly spoken language in the Fertile Crescent around the time of Jesus was
the 42 foot tree casts a shadow of 63 feet. how long is a shadow of a 5 foot girl who is standing near it
An experiment consists of rolling two fair number cubes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers will be 8? Express your answer as a fraction in
Natalie picked 135 berries in 15 minutes. If she continues picking at that rate, how long will it take her to pick 486 berries?
1/3(9x+27)-4=1/2(2x+54)
If -2(3y+5)=-4, find the value of 5y
how to solve x to the power of 2 = 14
Tasha believes that she can rewrite the diffrence 120 - 36 as a product of the GCF of the two numbers and another diffrence.Is she correct?