Question

I dont understand and this is due tomorrow. Can someone Help me out??

Answer 1

The new price of the wagon is $80.96.

Explanation:

We need to find the price of a $89.95 wagon after a 10% discount. We can do this by writing a proportion.

`(90)/(100)` =
`(x)/(89.95)` ---
`(90)/(100)` is 90% and x is 90% of the original price

We now need to solve for x. We can do this by cross multiplying the fractions.

`(90)/(100)` =
`(x)/(89.95)`

100x = 8095.5 --- cross multiply

x = 80.955 --- divide both sides by 100

x = $80.96 --- round to 2 decimals

The new price of the wagon is $80.96.

Answer 2

you must multiply 89.95 by .9. Because you have taken a .1 away (Because of the discount) from 1. this equals, 80.955