SOLUTION: Tracey paid $125 for an item that was originally priced at $570. What percent of the original price did Tracey pay?

Question 1203451: Tracey paid $125 for an item that was originally priced at $570. What percent of the original price did Tracey pay?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Divide what she paid by the original price to find the fraction of the original price that she paid; get the answer as a decimal.

Multiply that by 100 (move the decimal point two places to the left) to convert the answer to a percent.

You can do the calculations yourself; our purpose is to help you learn HOW to work the problem.

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