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a jar of natural peanut butter normally costs $4.00.Today it's on sale for 3.60. What is the percentage of this discount?
a. 10%
b. 111%
c. 90%
d. 4%

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Nvara

it's a. 10%

4*0.1=0.4
4-0.4=3.60

Answer

Find out the what is the percentage of this discount .

To prove

Formula

Discount = Marked price - selling price

As given

a jar of natural peanut butter normally costs $4.00 .

it's on sale for $3.60 .

thus

Marked price = $4.00

selling price = $3.60

put in the above formula

Discount = 4.00 - 3.60

              = 0.4

Formula

\(Discount\ percentage = \frac{Discount\times 100}{Marked\ price}\)

put the value

\(Discount\ percentage = \frac{0.4\times 100}{4.00}\)

Discount percentage = 10%

Option (a) is correct .

Hence proved

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