The percent of discount on the shirt will be 30%.
What is the percentage?
The quantity of anything is stated as though it were a fraction of a hundred. A quarter of 100 can be used to express the ratio. Per 100 is what the term percent signifies. The symbol '%' is used to symbolize it.
The percentage is given as,
Percentage (P) = [Initial value - Final value] / Initial value x 100
A $40 shirt now selling for $28.
Then the percent of discount on the shirt will be
The final value of the shirt is $18 and the initial value of the shirt is $40.
Percentage (P) = [(40 - 28) / 40] x 100
Percentage (P) = [12 / 40] x 100
Percentage (P) = 0.30 x 100
Percentage (P) = 30%
Thus, the percent of discount on the shirt will be 30%.
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