In August, Ralph bought a new set of golf clubs that cost $775. The cost of the clubs was marked up to $800 in October. Which proportion can be used to find what percent of the original price the new price is, if p represents the unknown percent?
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Givens
Let's call \(p\) the unknown percentage.
To find the percentage of the original price is the new price, we just need to divide them, and then multiply them by 100 to express the result in percetange
\(p=\frac{775}{800} \times 100\%= 96.9 \%\)
Therefore, the new price represents a 96.9% of the original price.
In other words, the new price is 3.1% less than the original price.