Question

A jacket is on sale with a 14% discount. The original price is $69.99. What is the discount on the jacket? Round up to the nearest cent.


$9.80


$7.60


$14.00


$10.50

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To calculate the discount on the jacket, you can use the formula:

\[
\text{Discount} = \text{Original Price} \times \text{Discount Rate}
\]

Given the original price of the jacket is $69.99, and the discount rate is 14% (or 0.14 in decimal form), we can calculate the discount:

\[
\text{Discount} = 69.99 \times 0.14
\]

Now performing the multiplication:

\[
\text{Discount} = 69.99 \times 0.14 = 9.7986
\]

Rounding this to the nearest cent gives us:

\[
\text{Discount} \approx 9.80
\]

Thus, the discount on the jacket is **$9.80**.