Question

karen wants to buy a $22.50 jacket that is marked 20% off.

Select from the drop-down menu to correctly complete the sentence.
An estimate for the discount is
A) 0.02(20)
B)0.2(20)
C)2(20)
D)20(20)

Answer 1

I think the answer is b 0.2(20)

Answer 2

The correct answer is actually B.

Why?

20% is 0.2 in decimal form.

Estimate $22.50, and you get 20.

So, the estimate for the discount is B) 0.2(20)

Hope this helps! And if it does, please give me a Brainliest :)

Btw, took the test, and my answer is right, not sure it'll be for anyone who is seeing this too :(