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What is 20 percent dicount if price is 18.50?

To calculate a 20% discount on a price of $18.50, you first convert 20% to a decimal by dividing by 100, which gives you 0.20. Then, you multiply the price by the decimal to find the discount amount: $18.50 x 0.20 = $3.70. Finally, subtract the discount amount from the original price to find the discounted price: $18.50 - $3.70 = $14.80.


How do you find percent of disscount?

Discount divided by original price gives you a decimal which you then multiply by 100. This equals percent of discount Eg: $15 discount, $80 original price 15 / 80 = 0.1875 x 100 = 18.75%


How do you take 30 percent off of something?

To take 30 percent off of a price, first convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100, which gives you 0.30. Then, multiply the original price by this decimal to find the discount amount. Subtract the discount from the original price to get the final price after the discount. For example, for an item costing $100, a 30 percent discount would reduce the price by $30, resulting in a final price of $70.


How do you calculate cost price into percentage?

Cost price divided by selling price then multiply by 100 Eg. Cost price £5 divided by selling price £20 equals £0.25, multiplied by 100 equals 25%


How do you figure the how much percent was taken off the original price if you only have the original price and the sale price?

Sale price/original price will give you a fraction. The fraction x100 gives you the percentage that the sale price is of the original price.100-(that percentage) gives the percent taken off.

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I understand price divided by units gives you unit price. What does dividing units by price give you?

Dividing the units by price will give you the number of units that each cent or dollar will buy. In comparing prices, this is less useful than determining unit price.


How do you calculate arc elasticity of a commodity?

You calculate the arc elasticity of a commodity by dividing the change in demand by the average price, and then dividing that answer by the change in price divided by the average demand. So you will have (change in demand/average price)/(change in price/average demand).


15 percent off 680 what is the original price?

You seem to be saying that 15% off gives a discounted price of 680, and asking what the original price was before the discount. Since the price was discounted by 15%, the discounted price is 85% of the original price. Dividing 680 by 0.85 gives 800 as the original price.


A 5 kg bag of oranges sells for 7.50 what is the amount per kilogram?

To find the price per kilogram, you would divide the total cost by the weight of the oranges. In this case, $7.50 divided by 5 kg equals $1.50 per kilogram.


Total expenditures are determined by what?

Dividing the change in demand for the product by its change in price. e=(change in demand)%/(change in price)%


How do you find the price index?

by dividing current year price to base year price


What is 1.65 and sold at 2.20 what is the gross profit percentage?

The gross profit percentage is calculated by finding the difference between the selling price and the cost price, dividing it by the cost price, and then multiplying by 100%. In this case, the gross profit is 2.20 - 1.65 = 0.55. Dividing this by the cost price of 1.65 gives 0.3333. Multiplying by 100% gives a gross profit percentage of 33.33%.


A store is having a 20 percent off sale if the reduced price of an item is percent 53.60 what was its original price?

$67. Arithmetic will solve this. x-x*0.2 = 53.6, where x is the original sale price. Simplifying gives x*(1-0.2) - 53.6 or x*(0.8) = 53.6. Dividing the 0.8 through gives x = 67. Finding a reduced price is simply subtracting the original price multiplied by the discount (in fraction form from the original price.


How do you find the retail price with just the wholesome price and percent?

By multiplying and dividing the numbers all together


What is 20 percent dicount if price is 18.50?

To calculate a 20% discount on a price of $18.50, you first convert 20% to a decimal by dividing by 100, which gives you 0.20. Then, you multiply the price by the decimal to find the discount amount: $18.50 x 0.20 = $3.70. Finally, subtract the discount amount from the original price to find the discounted price: $18.50 - $3.70 = $14.80.


How do you take 30 percent off of something?

To take 30 percent off of a price, first convert the percentage to a decimal by dividing by 100, which gives you 0.30. Then, multiply the original price by this decimal to find the discount amount. Subtract the discount from the original price to get the final price after the discount. For example, for an item costing $100, a 30 percent discount would reduce the price by $30, resulting in a final price of $70.


How do you find percent of disscount?

Discount divided by original price gives you a decimal which you then multiply by 100. This equals percent of discount Eg: $15 discount, $80 original price 15 / 80 = 0.1875 x 100 = 18.75%