Using
the sales percentage
David
Vaughn
Quantitative
reasoning/501
Dr.
Jerry
2/19/2019
Using
the sales percentage
As a teen when I got my first job I did not save my cash.
I would use all of it to buy clothes. It was funny because prior to that I did
not have the strongest background in math. Around the time I started working I
began to develop what is now one of my strong suits. My aunt taught me the
percentages of how the clothing prices worked. I shopped at marshalls and would
sometimes catch a sell. I asked once how the sales worked or if they applied it
when I would buy clothes. The explanation was simple it was a percentage of the
total dollar spent. $100 dollars on a 15% percent sale would be like taking 15
cent from every dollar spent. 100 * .15= then multiply the .90 sum by the $100
my math here is not completely correct but the point is it $90 spent instead of
$100.
Conclusion
That was one of my earlier experiences when trying to
figure out how to spend money. This was around twenty years ago. I am happy to
say that I am better at math now than I was then. I also hope to see more of
these types of applications in my life.