We read on the poster of a store that its prices are discounted up to 60% but the item we have bought has cost us $ 52 and its previous price was $ 65 to calculate the percentage of the discount applied

The percentage of discount is 20 %

Solution:

Given that,

We read on the poster of a store that its prices are discounted up to 60%

From given,

Original price = $ 65

Discounted price = $ 52

Let x be the percent of discount

Then, we can say,

Discounted price = original price - discount on original price

Thus percentage of discount is 20 %