The price of a box set of any two video games is $75.85. Henry buys two such box sets and gets a discount. He pays $141 for the box sets.
What is the discount d that Henry gets on each box set?
Since he paid $141.00 for two sets, he paid $70.50 for each one.
Without a discount, he would have paid $75.85 for each one.
The amount that he saved: $75.85 - $70.50 = $5.35 per set.
To calculate the percentage off: divide the amount saved by the original price:
To calculate the percentage off: $5.35 / $75.85 = 0.07 (approximately) = 7% off.
Since he paid $141.00 for two sets, he paid $70.50 for each one.
Without a discount, he would have paid $75.85 for each one.
The amount that he saved: $75.85 - $70.50 = $5.35 per set.
To calculate the percentage off: divide the amount saved by the original price:
To calculate the percentage off: $5.35 / $75.85 = 0.07 (approximately) = 7% off.