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In a sale, the cost of a coat is reduced from 85 to 67.5

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Answer:

I’m assuming you’re talking about what percentage was taken off, so in that case the answer would be approximately 20.6%

Explanation:
67.5/85 X/100

cross multiply then divide by 100 to find for x and you get 79.4117

then, subtract this number from 100 and you will get 20.6%

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