Larry and Donna bought a sofa at the sale price of $1,344. The original price of the sofa was $1,920.Find the amount of discount in dollars.Find the percent discount rate

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Given,

The selling price of the sofa is $1344,

The marked price of the sofa is $1920.

Required

The discount and discount percent.

The discount is calculated as,

[tex]\begin{gathered} Discount\text{ = marked price - selling price} \\ =1920-1344 \\ =576 \end{gathered}[/tex]

The discount % is calculated as,

[tex]\begin{gathered} Percentage\text{ =}\frac{discount}{marked\text{ price}}\times100 \\ =\frac{576}{1920}\times100 \\ =30 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence, the discount percentage is 30%.

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