1.Bananas are usually 49 cents a pound. This week they are on sale for 29 cents a pound. What is the percent off?

Question

2.Lydia paid $32 for a book that was originally $43. What is the percent discount.

I got
1.59%
2.74%

Answer 1

Both are wrong.

1)
(0.49 - 0.29)/0.49 = 0.408 = 41%

Answer 2

thanks