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  • 23-01-2016
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Laura got a discount of 100 dollars on her purchase of a 5775 bed.What is the percent of decrease?

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apologiabiology
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  • 23-01-2016
remember that percent means parts out of 100
x/100

discount is the decrease
so we divide the decrease by the original total and get
100/5775=0.0173
convert to fraction
0.0173/1
make bottom number 100
multiply by 100/100
1.73/100=1.73%
round
2%
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