You are offered an item for $13.79. if the seller states he normally sells the same item for $14.95, what percentage discount is he offering you?

So here is the step in order to find out the  
Divide 13.79 by 14.95 and we get 0.92. 13.79 is 92% of 14.95. But we want to know the percentage of the discount so 1.00 - 0.92 is 0.08. Therefore, the discount that he is offering is only 8%. Hope this answers your question. Have a great day ahead!