What is the discount rate for $50 headphones that are on sale for $42

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Steve Le

15 December, 03:04

What is the discount rate for $50 headphones that are on sale for $42

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Grace Kline · Answer 1

You make $50 be 100% because it is your starting price. So if you divide 42 by 50 you get that 42 is 84% of 50 because that is it's fraction of the 100% (.84 is the number you'd get and x 100 to get percent). Now if 84% is $42 then the discount is 16% (100%-84%). Hope that made sense ...