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If the original price is $55 and the sale price is $46.75 what is the discount

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The discount is 15% off. I started with subtracting $46.75 from $55. I got an $8.25 difference. I started with taking off 30% and got 16.5 which didn't match the 8.25 I got earlier. Then I went to 25% and then I went to 15%. 
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