Calculate discount

Apply one percentage discount to an original price and show the saving and final price.

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How it works

Savings equals original price × discount percentage ÷ 100, and final price subtracts savings from the original. The percentage is applied once; tax, stacked promotions, and currency rounding are outside the calculation.

  • A 20% reduction from 100 provides the editable baseline.
  • No store-specific currency or rounding rule is assumed.

Worked example

25% Off Sale
Calculate a 25% discount on a $79.99 item
Input
											Original price: 79.99
Discount percent: 25
Output
												Original Price: $79.99
Discount: 25% (-$20.00)
Final Price: $59.99
You Save: $20.00

When to use this

Shoppers compare sale tags, retailers preview a single promotion, and budgets estimate net cost after a percentage reduction.

Edge cases

  • Two successive 20% discounts leave 64% of the original price, not a 40% single discount.
  • A discount over 100% produces a negative arithmetic result rather than a normal sale price.
  • Tax calculated before versus after the discount changes the invoice and is not selected here.