24. two stores carry a similar stereo for the same original price of $573. one store offers a 16% discount and the second store sells the stereo for 458.40. which store gives the bigger percent discount? Justify your answer. ( 4 points)

Question

I don't understand how to solve this.

Answer 1

Let's see what kind of discount the second store gives.

573 - 458.4 = $114.60

114.6 / 573 = 0.2 = 20%

Answer 2

so the second store has a bigger discount

Answer 3

Yes. 20% is bigger than 16%.

Answer 4

thank you

Answer 5

You're welcome.

Answer 6

can you help me put this into words? so far i have: When finding out which store gives the bigger percent discount the answer is the second store. First you need to find

Answer 7

That's more words than you need.

The second store offers a bigger discount at 20%. We found it by dividing the amount of the discount by the original price.

Answer 8

thank you so much

Answer 9

You are very welcome.

Answer 10

thanks