document.write( "Question 1062605: A book costing 7.80 dollars is sold at a discount of 15%. What is the discounted price \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #677559 by Theo(13342) You can put this solution on YOUR website! discounted price would be 7.80 - .15 * 7.80 which is equal to (1 - .15) * 7.80 which is equal to .85 * 7.80 which is equal to 6.63.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the difference is 7.80 - 6.63 = 1.17.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1.17 / 7.80 is equal to .15 which is equal to 15% of 7.80.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |