A bakery is offering a promotion where a customer can buy a dozen cookies for $8.50. Normally, the cookies cost $1.20 each. By how much is the cost of the cookies discounted? Round to the nearest whole percent, if necessary. plezzzzzz helppppppppppppppp
+23254 If each cookie cost $1.20 each, a dozen cookies will cost 12 x $1.20 = $14.40.
If you can buy a dozen cookies form $8.50, you will save $14.40 - $8.50 = $5.90.
To find the amount of discount divide the amount saved by the original amount and turn that answer into a percentage.
$5.90 / $14.40 = 0.4097 (approximately) = 40.97% or 41% (approximately)
