How would you minus 20% off of 60.00 dollars?

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Konstantinos Michailidis ยท EET-AP
Feb 26, 2016

It is $48.00

Explanation:

It is

20/100*$60.00=$12.00

So actually you have $60.00-$12.00=$48.00

EET-AP
Jun 21, 2017

Think of $60.00 - 20% as 80% xx 60.00 so there is only one step.

80% xx 60.00 = $48.00

Explanation:

if you need to find the price of purchase that is advertised as 20% off, you can reduce the suggested multiplication/subtract method a single step for a better chance of being correct.

If the item is 20% off, it also means you will be paying 80% to buy it. You also know the final price will be a little bit less than the original $60.00

Then you can multiply 8xx6=48 and without a calculator arrive at the selling price of $48.00, which is a bit less than the $60.00.

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