Working with Percents
Winona paid $125.00 for an item that was originally priced at $520.00. What percent of the
original price did Winona pay? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of apercent.
Winona paid
of the original price.

If we want to find what percent, we simply set up an equation that you would generally use when trying to find "P" percent of a number, except we use an unknown "P" as a placeholder, and from there we can solve for that value using some algebraic manipulation.

[tex]520*\frac{P}{100} = 125[/tex]

We can divide both sides by 520 to cancel it out on the left side.

[tex]\frac{P}{100}\approx 0.2403[/tex]

and now from here we can multiply both sides by 100 to cancel out the division of 100 on the left side.

[tex]P\approx24.03[/tex]

rounding to the nearest tenth, we look to the hundredth which is less than 5 so we round down to 24.00.

[tex]P\approx 24[/tex]

So Winona only paid approximately 24% of the original price.

Working with Percents Winona paid $125.00 for an item that was originally priced at $520.00. What percent of the original price did Winona pay? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of apercent. Winona paid of the original price.

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Working with Percents
Winona paid $125.00 for an item that was originally priced at $520.00. What percent of the
original price did Winona pay? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of apercent.
Winona paid
of the original price.