A car dealership decreased the price of a certain car by
4%
. The original price was
$36,600
.
(a) Fill in the blank to write the new price in terms of the original price.
Write your answer as a decimal.
New=price×Originalprice
(b) Use your answer in part (a) to determine the new price.
Newprice:$
(a) New price = Original price - 0.04 × Original price = 0.96 × Original price
(b) New price = 0.96 × $36,600 = $35,136
(a) The new price can be calculated by multiplying the original price by (100% - 4%) in decimal form.
New price = Original price × (1 - 0.04)
= 36,600 × 0.96
(b) Using the calculation from part (a):
New price = 36,600 × 0.96
= $35,136
Therefore, the new price of the car is $35,136.