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In a grocery store a $21 case of toilet paper is labeled, "Get a 20% discount." What is the discount? What is the sale price of the toilet paper?

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Step-by-step explanation and Answer:

21 * 0.2 = $4.2 (Discount)

21 - 4.2 = $16.8 (Sale Price)

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Answer:

Discount: $4.2

Sale price: $16.8

Explanation:

To get the discount we should find what is 20% of the the toilet paper price $21.

To get 20% in decimal form we divide it by 100, so that we get: 0.2

Then 20% of $21 is: 0.2*$21 = $4.2

That is the discount.

Then to get the sale price of the toilet paper we take away the discount from the labeled price:

$21 - $4.2 = $16.8

That is the sale price.