SOLUTION: The regular price of a record cost $15. Find the discount and th new price if there is 20%. What is the proportion ?

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Question 739427: The regular price of a record cost $15. Find the discount and th new price if there is 20%. What is the proportion ?
Answer by Qwaed(6)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The discount is $3, so the new price is $12.
The proportion is because 20% of 15 is 3, and that would make , or

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