Laura got a discount of 100 dollars on her purchase of a 5775 bed. What is the percent of decrease?

Remember that percent means parts out of 100

x/100

discount is the decrease

so we divide the decrease by the original total and get

100/5775=0.0173

convert to fraction

0.0173/1

make bottom number 100

multiply by 100/100

1.73/100=1.73%

round

2%