A pan has an original price of $32 but is marked down by 15 percent. Which equation shows the new price of the pan?

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Pierce Lamb

Mathematics

15 January, 11:26

A pan has an original price of $32 but is marked down by 15 percent. Which equation shows the new price of the pan?

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Alena Maldonado · Answer 1

The answer would be 0.85*32. Or, you could write it as 0.85 (32). Since they took of 15% of the price, you are really only paying 85% of what the price is. The person buying the pan would pay $27.20.