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The original price of a bike is $129. The sale price is 80% off the original price. What is the sale price if the bicycle

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You want to buy something that costs $129, and it's on sale for 80% off. What is the item's sale price?

First, convert the 80% to a real mathematical number. For percent's, this is always done by dividing the 80% by 100%, or 80% / 100% = 0.800.

Second, find out what 80% of $129 is. This is the amount of the sale discount. This is always found by multiplying 0.800 by the item's cost $129, like this:

0.800 x $129 = $103.20.

So for this sale, you'll save $103.20 on this item.

This means, the cost of the item to you is

$129 - $103.20 = $25.80.



Before Price: $129.00

Discount %: 80%

Answer =====> Sale Price: $25.80 would be the sale price of the bicycle.

Amount Saved: $103.20





Alternatively, you can think about it this way.

The item is 80% off. This means you'll pay 20.000% of the total cost (100% - 80% = 20.000%).

Now what's 20.000% of the total cost?

0.200 x $129 = $25.80.

Just like the result above, the sale price on the item is $25.80.





Hope that helps!!!!!! : )

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$129 x .80 = $103.20 (80% discount)

$129 (original price) - $103.20 ( 80% discounted amount) = $25.80 (sale price)

Answer: The sale price is $25.80

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