Question

A car dealership increased the price of a certain car by
4%
. The original price was
$46,500
.

(a)Fill in the blank to write the new price in terms of the original price.
Write your answer as a decimal.
New=price×Originalprice

(b)Use your answer in part (a) to determine the new price.
Newprice:$

Answer 1

hi,
the dealership increased the price by %4., this means the we have to  multiply the % times the price.
A. %4 in decimal will be 0.04
B. new price = $ 46 500 * 0.004 = $1860

new price = 46500 + 1860 . =$48360