Question

original price: $15 discount: 5% how do you find the sales price

Answer 1

5% X
100. 15. Cross multiply

5×15=75. 100×X=100X
÷ ÷
100=7.5. 100=1
15.00
- 7.50. X=8.50$ sale price i
8 .50. is $8.50

Answer 2

Divide 15 by one hundred. multiply the answer by 5. subtract the answer by 15. you get 0.75 so the sale price would be 14.25