Find the price of the new offer

[Rubies]

Homework Statement

Find 20% of original price

Relevant Equations

What is new price?

Attempting: 20% is 2/10 as a fraction.
550: by 10 and *2 =110
Is it correct if not explain to me please
Thanks

 

[Gaussian97]

The new price is NOT 20% of the original one. It's 20% OFF. Try it again.

 

[Rubies]

550/100*20=110

 

[Gaussian97]

You are computing 20% of 550, but this is not what the problem asks you.

 

[Rubies]

Can you show me the proper way,please

 

[Gaussian97]

Think about this: If something is 100% off, how much do you have to pay?

 

[Mark44]

Problem Statement: Find 20% of original price

The above is NOT the problem statement in the image you attached. It says that the TV's price is 20% off the original price, not 20% of the original price.

Relevant Equations: What is new price?

 

[MidgetDwarf]

Think of the problem as you would when shopping for something. Ie going to the department store to buy a shirt. If the shirt cost 50 dollars and it says that the sales price is 50% off (we do not care about tax in this situation). What is the actual amount you pay? It is certainly not 50, since it is on sale...

 

[scottdave]

If they said they took $10 off the price, do you know what to do? This is similar, except first you calculate the amount off using the percentage.

 

[mjc123]

If English is not your native language, it is common to confuse "of" and "off" (other languages often use the same word for both). "Off" in this context means "taken away from", thus 20% off the original price means that 20% of the original price is taken away from the original price, so the new price is 80% of the original price.

 

[Mark44]

Let's hold off any further comments until the OP returns. S/he hasn't been here for nearly a month.