Determine the discount in price.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Discount}=\frac{9}{100}\times216.45 \\ =19.4805 \end{gathered}[/tex]Determine the price after discount.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Price}=216.45-19.4805 \\ =196.9695 \\ \approx196.97 \end{gathered}[/tex]So price after the discount is approximately equal to $196.97