Question

A customer recelves a discount on each purchase. If thecustomer's bill is $1,600 before the discount and the bill is $1,460after the discount what is the percent discount?O A) 8.8%B) 9.5%C) 11.4%D) 91.3%searchC

Answer 1

The customer's bill before the discount is $1600.

The customer's bill after the discount is $1460.

Determine the discount on the customer's bill.

$\begin{gathered} D=1600-1460 \\ =140 \end{gathered}$

The discount is applied on the customer's bill before the discount. Let the percent discount is d%.

Determine the discount percent on the customer bill.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{d}{100}\cdot1600=140 \\ d\cdot16=140 \\ d=\frac{140}{16} \\ =8.75 \\ \approx8.8 \end{gathered}$

So percent discount is 8.8%.