Question

A video game store has a 20% sale on all video games. If the game you wanted cost $32.00,what would the discount be?

Answer 1

You would do cross multiplication and your answer should be $6.40

Answer 2

Multiply the decimal conversion of 20% by 32 to find the discount. 20% = 0.20, so 0.20*32 = 6.4. Therefore, the discount is $6.40.
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