Question

Apple offers a student discount of 15%. Emily purchased a new laptop, originally priced at $1,500. How much did she pay? A) $225.B) $1,125.C).$1.275.D) $1,485.

Answer 1

We are told that a discount of 15% is offered for laptops and that a person purchased a laptop priced at $1500. To find how much was paid we need to subtract 15% of the original price, to that we will first find the 15% of 1500, by multiplying this number by 15/100, like this:

$1500\times\frac{15}{100}=225$

Now we will subtract this amount from the original price, like this:

$1500-225=1275$

Therefore, the person paid $1275