Question

You paid $36.20 for a sweater that originally cost $90.50. What percentage of the original price was the sweater on sale for?You paid $36.20 for a sweater that originally cost $90.50. What percentage of the original price was the sweater on sale for

Answer 1

Answer:

32.761 %

Step-by-step explanation:

Percentage is any fraction or ration expressed as a fraction of 100.

Percentage is calculated using formula

If A has to be expressed as percentage of then it can be expressed as

A/B * 100 in percentage form .

For given problem price paid for sweater = $36.20

original price of sweater = $90.50

Problem is to express percentage of price for which sweater was on sale for.

It can be mathematically  expressed as

what is 36.20% of 90.5

percentage of price for which sweater was on sale for = (price paid for sweater/original price of sweater  ) * 100

It can be mathematically  expressed as

what is 36.20% of 90.5

=>  ($36.20/$90.50 )* 100= 32.761.

32.761 % of the original price sweater was on sale for.

For better understanding ,It can also be said that that if the original price of sweater had been $100, then you would have got it at $32.761 .