Question

A furniture store is having a sale where everything is $40\%$ off

You buy a book shelf that has a regular price of $\$85$. What is the sale price of the bookshelf?

Answer 1

Step 1: Finding the discount on book shelf.

Given : $40\%$ off on sale.

A book shelf has regular price of $\$85$

So, $40\%$ off on bookshelf$=\frac{40}{100}\times 85$

$$\begin{gathered} =\frac{3400}{100} \\ =\frac{34\cancel{0}\cancel{0}}{1\cancel{0}\cancel{0}} \\ =34 \end{gathered}$$

$\$34$ discount on book shelf.

Step 2: Finding the sale price of the bookshelf .

We get, $\$34$ discount on book shelf.

$\therefore$Sale price of the bookshelf

$$\begin{gathered} =85-34 \\ =51 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, Sale price of the bookshelf is $\$51$.