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Clare paid full price for an item. Han bought the same item for 80% of the full price. Clare said, "I can't believe I paid 125% of what you paid, Han!" Is what she said true? Explain. 14.3

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User Mcnicholls
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say the price of the item is $10
clare bought it for 10 dollars and Han bought it for 8 dollars
you can set up a proportion 10/8 = x/100 and solve
1000 = 8x
125 = x
so yes, she was correct in saying this
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