if alan had bought a figure at a discount of 5%, he would pay $20 less. How much would he pay if he had bought it at a discount of 20%

80

Step-by-step explanation:

5%-->20% is increased by x4, therefore you multiply 20 by 4 which is 80 or you can set an proportion

5/20=20/x5x=400x=80

He would pay $320 at a discount of 20%.
The first step in solving this is hidden in the sentence “discount of 5%, he would pay $20 less”. This informs us that 5% of the price and $20 are the same
Our next step is to find how much 100% of the price is
Multiplying 5 and 20 gets us 100, so multiplying 5% by 20 will get us 100%
We already know that 5% is $20, so we can multiply $20 by 20 to get to 100% percent of the price
(20*20=400)
Now that we know the total price, we can find a discount of any percent. Since we know that a five percent discount will give you $20 dollars off, we can deduce that a 20% discount will give us $80 off.
(20/5=4)
(4*20=80)
(400-80=320!)
Hopefully this helps, if you need me to explain anything again I’ll try my best!