Look up Helen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name á¼Î»Î­Î½Î· HelenÄ (dialectal variant: á¼Î»Î­Î½Î± Helena) whose etymology is unknown; a derivation of the latter from á¼Î»Î­Î½Î·, a variant form of á¼Î»Î¬Î½Î·, i.e.  torch , is considered rather uncertain.ook up Helen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name á¼Î»Î­Î½Î· HelenÄ (dialectal variant: á¼Î»Î­Î½Î± Helena) whose etymology is unknown; a derivation of the latter from á¼Î»Î­Î½Î·, a variant form of á¼Î»Î¬Î½Î·, i.e.  torch , is considered rather uncertain.
Typically, a store will discount an item by a percent of the original price. In this problem, an item that originally costs $15 is being discounted by 10%. So 10% off refers to the rate of discount.To solve this problem, we need a procedure.rocedure: 1  The rate is usually given as a percent. 2  To find the discount, multiply the rate by the original price. 3  To find the sale price, subtract the discount from original price.
This method assumes that the first inventories bought are the first ones to be sold, and that inventories bought later are sold later. Using the First-In-First-Out method, our closing inventory comes to $1,100. This equates to a cost of $1.10 per lollypop ($1,100/1,000 lollypops).