Monica is working at a car dealership. She needs to discount some of the cars by 21%

Question

for a big sale they are having this month. One of the cars she needs to discount costs $27,599.99
. What will be the cost of the car after the discount?(1 point)
Responses

$21,803.21
21 dollars comma 803 point 2 1

$5,795.79
5 dollars comma 795 point 7 9

$27,019.42
27 dollars comma 019 point 4 2

$579.58

Answer 1

To find the cost of the car after the 21% discount, we first need to calculate the amount of the discount.

1. Calculate the discount amount: \[ \text{Discount} = \text{Original Price} \times \text{Discount Rate} = 27,599.99 \times 0.21 \] \[ \text{Discount} = 27,599.99 \times 0.21 = 5,795.79 \]

2. Subtract the discount from the original price: \[ \text{Sale Price} = \text{Original Price} - \text{Discount} = 27,599.99 - 5,795.79 \] \[ \text{Sale Price} = 21,804.20 \]

So, the cost of the car after the discount is approximately $21,804.20. However, this specific amount doesn't appear in your responses.

Given the response choices you provided:

• $21,803.21
• $5,795.79
• $27,019.42
• $579.58

The closest amount to our computed sale price is $21,803.21. If it was meant to round to two decimal places, then that would be the chosen answer.