SOLUTION: A car dealer, at a year-end clearance, reduces the price of last year’s models by a certain amount. If a certain four-door model has been sold at a discounted price of Birr 51,00

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Question 1202415: A car dealer, at a year-end clearance, reduces the price of last year’s models by a certain amount. If a certain four-door model has been sold at a discounted price of Birr 51,000, with a discount of Birr 9,000, what is the percentage of discount?
Answer by ikleyn(52798) About Me  (Show Source):
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Relate the discount value of Birr 9,000 to the  BASE price before discount  of 9.000+51,000 = 60,000
and multiply this ratio by 100 to get percentage.


The  ANSWER  is  %289000%2F60000%29%2A100 = 15%.

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