BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
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Question
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calculate the discount
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original price + tax
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original price-discount
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BOTH A and C
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Detailed explanation-1: -First consider the unknown original price as ‘x’. Then consider the rate of discount. To find the actual discount, multiply the discount rate by the original amount ‘x’. To find the sale price, subtract the actual discount from the original amount ‘x’ and equate this to given sale price.
Detailed explanation-2: -To determine the discount percentage given the original and the discounted price, you need to apply the following formula: Discount = 100 × (Original price-Discounted price) / Original price . This can be written in words as: Subtract the final price from the original price.
Detailed explanation-3: -The basic way to calculate a discount is to multiply the original price by the decimal form of the given percentage rate. To calculate the sale price of any item, we need to subtract the discount from the original price.