Nathan is buying a cell phone for his business. The regular price of the cell phone is $179. If he buys the phone in the next 2 weeks, he will get a 20% discount. What will be the sale price if he buys the phone tomorrow?
20% off
100-20=80
find 80% of 179
percent mean psarts ouf o 100
80%=80/100=0.8
'of' means mutipy
80% of 179=
0.8*179=143.2
saleprice=$143.20
To find the amount of money being discounted from the regular price, multiply the regular price by the decimal conversion of the sale percentage. 20% = 0.2. Multiply 179 by 0.2 to get 35.8. This is the amount of money getting subtracted from the regular price to get the sale price.
179-35.8 = 143.2.
The sale price is $143.20.
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