Question

The price of a cell phone is usually $250.

Manuel’s stepbrother buys the same cell phone for 75% of the usual price.

How much did he pay?

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Please include your method.

Answer 1

Answer: $187.5

Explanation:

So 75% is another way of saying 3/4 of the original price. So if we want to find 75% of anything, we could multiply the original value by 3/4 or .75. For example, 75% of 100 would be 100 * 3/4, which is 75. Here, we would multiply $250 by 3/4 or .75 to get $187.5