New Orleans-Style French Toast - Pain Perdu. What You'll Need to Make This Amazing French Toast Kimberly Vardeman/Flickr This is not your typical French toast recipe. This is New Orleans-style French toast, made using thick slices of bread soaked in a custard batter, and after being browned lightly in a pan, they're baked golden brown.
The rate of discount is usually given as a percent, but may also be given as a fraction. The phrases used for discounted items include,  off, Save 50%, and Get a 20% discount.. Procedure: 1  To calculate the discount, multiply the rate by the original price. 2  To calculate the sale price, subtract the discount from original price.
You have calculated 30% of the cost. When the cost is $5.00 you add 0.30 Ã $5.00 = $1.50 to obtain a selling price of $5.00 + $1.50 = $6.50. This is what I would call a markup of 30%. Your boss has calculated the markup as 30% of the selling price. To say this another way the $5.00 cost is 70% of the selling price.