We are told that a discount of 15% is offered for laptops and that a person purchased a laptop priced at $1500. To find how much was paid we need to subtract 15% of the original price, to that we will first find the 15% of 1500, by multiplying this number by 15/100, like this:
[tex]1500\times\frac{15}{100}=225[/tex]Now we will subtract this amount from the original price, like this:
[tex]1500-225=1275[/tex]Therefore, the person paid $1275
