A pair of pants with a marked price of $35.00 has a discount of 20%. How much is the discount?

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A pair of pants with a marked price of $35.00 has a discount of 20%. How much is the discount?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-30T07:49:39

$$ 7$ $$7$

Explanation:

We first notice that $20 % = \frac{20}{100} = \frac{1}{5}$ $20%=20/100=1/5$ . So, the discount will be $\frac{1}{5}$ $1/5$ of the marked price. Therefore, we multiply the marked price by $\frac{1}{5}$ $1/5$ to get the discount.

$$ 35 \cdot \frac{1}{5} = $ 7$ $$35*1/5=$7$

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