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A customer paid $40 for a shirt. The original price of the shirt was $80.

What percent of the original price did the customer pay?

User Selah
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Answer:

50%

Explanation:

80/40=2

40 is half of 80, which means the customer paid 50% of the original price.

User Thewreck
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divide the price paid by the original price:

40 / 80 = 0.5

Multiply that by 100 for the percent:

0.5 x 100 = 50%

They paid 50% of the original price.

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