Question

a used car priced at$5000.00 . The salesperson then offered a discount of $250.00.

What is the percent discount?

Answer 1

95% discount. You find this out by subtracting 250 from 5000 to get 4750 and then doing 4750 divided by 5000 to get .95 and then multiply by 100 to get 95%

Answer 2

The percent discount is the percent of the original that is subtracted (discounted).

250 / 5000 = 5%