Original price: $125

Discount:?

Sale price: $81.25

Find the discount

Original price=125

discount=x dollars or percent I will find both

sale price=81.25

so origonal-discount=sale

125-x=81.25

subtract 125 from both sides

-x=-43.75

multiply - 1

x=43.75

the discount was 43.75

to convert into fraction divide 43.75 by 125 then multiply by 100

43.75/125=0.35

0.35 times 100=35%

35% discount

Your answer is 43.75 dollars for the discount because you just subtract 125 from 81.25