A retail appliance store priced a video recorder at 20 percent above the wholesale cost of $200. If a store employee applied the 15 percent employee discount to the retail price to buy the recorder, how much did the employee pay for the recorder?
Select the correct option:
A) $ 204 B) $ 216 C) $ 220 D) $ 230 E) $ 240

Rationale: "wholesale cost of video recorder = 200 $ video recorder was priced at 20 percent above 200 = 240 $ % discount given by store employee = 15 emlpoyee paid = . 85 * 240 = 204 $ answer a"
Answer: A