The pizza shop offers a 15 percent discount for veterans and senior citizens. An employee uses the calculations shown to figure out how to charge a senior citizen for a $12 pizza. What is the employee’s error?(100% − Discount %)(Original Amount) = Discounted Amount(100% − 85%)($12) = Discounted Amount(15%)($12) = Discounted Amount(0.15)($12) = $1.80The discounted price of pizza is $1.80.
The employer’s error is in the discounted amount. He or she was supposed to subtract the discounted amount from the price before the discount, which would give us the price after the discount.
