Genesis has a loyalty card good for a 13% discount at her local hardware store. What number should she multiply the prices on the tags by to find the price she would have to pay, before tax, in one step?Answer:
Q. Genesis has a loyalty card good for a 13% discount at her local hardware store. What number should she multiply the prices on the tags by to find the price she would have to pay, before tax, in one step?Answer:
Calculate Discount Percentage: Genesis wants to find the multiplier that represents a 13\% discount. To calculate this, we need to understand that a 13\% discount means she pays 100%−13% of the original price. So, we subtract the discount percentage from 100% to find the percentage of the price she does pay.100%−13%=87%To use this as a multiplier, we convert the percentage to a decimal.87%=0.87
Convert Percentage to Decimal: Now, Genesis can multiply the prices on the tags by 0.87 to find the price she would have to pay before tax. This is because the multiplier 0.87 represents the remaining percentage of the price after the discount is applied.
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