Kim received a discount of $8.60 when she purchased an item for $20. What was the percent of the discount?

Hi there!

The percentage of the discount is 43%

To find this answer you have to butterfly multiply, in other words, you have 8.60 over 20 (20 representing the 100% of the total amount and 8.60 being the amount of the discount that has to be found). With the two over each other in a fraction form, you multiply the numerator by the 100. Then you divide that product by the denominator. In this case it would be 8.60 x 100 divided by 20. Equaling 43.

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