An item is regularly priced at $77. It is now priced at a discount of 45% off the regular price.

Question

Use the ALEKS calculator to find the price now.

Answer 1

To find the price of the item after a 45% discount is applied to the regular price of $77, you can follow these steps:

1. Calculate the discount amount: \[ \text{Discount} = \text{Regular Price} \times \text{Discount Rate} = 77 \times 0.45 \] \[ \text{Discount} = 77 \times 0.45 = 34.65 \]

2. Subtract the discount from the regular price to find the new price: \[ \text{New Price} = \text{Regular Price} - \text{Discount} = 77 - 34.65 \] \[ \text{New Price} = 77 - 34.65 = 42.35 \]

Therefore, the price of the item now is $42.35.