How do you take a percent off of a dollar amount?

Answer 1

One way:

-- Subtract the discount percent number from 100 .

-- Multiply the result by the dollar amount.

-- Divide the result by 100 .

-- The result is the discounted amount.

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Another way:

-- Multiply the dollar amount by the discount percent number.

-- Divide the result by 100 .

-- Subtract the result from the original dollar amount.

-- The result is the discounted amount.