Tony owns a shop that sells mobile phones and laptops. The retail price of a mobile phone is $240, and it will include a sales tax of 15% on the retail price. If the shop owner offers a discount of $46 off the final price including the sales tax, what is the percent decrease for the price of the mobile phone? A 20% B 15% C 19.17% D 16.67%

Percent decrease in mobile = 19.17 % (Approx)

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Retail price of mobile phone = $240

Sales tax = 15% on retail value

Total discount including sales tax = $46

Find:

Percent decrease in mobile

Computation:

Cost of mobile = $240(85/100)

Cost of mobile = $204

Percent decrease in mobile = [$46 - 15%]204

Percent decrease in mobile = 19.17 % (Approx)

introduction, methodology, results, discussion

step-by-step explanation:

an observational study is one which consists of actual observation to record data and then analyse the data.

there are a number of factors that should be analyzed before starting an observational study.

the main four factors are:

i) introduction:   this should be analysed to check whether the purpose of the study is correctly established and the data recorded are appropriate for the study

methodology:   the method of collecting the data, such as whether randomly selected, and whether sample size matches with the population to be studied, whether questions asked are easy to answer by common men, etc.

results: then results such as summary of data with comments should be studied thoroughly

discussion:   the last is the discussion, this can be either by management people or persons who are all interested , etc.

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